Watch the whole thing, you will realize that even if you don’t think co2 is warming the planet, it is still killing the oceans.
6 thoughts on “For The Health Of The Oceans We Must Limit Co2”
Once again, the kooks are making up science.
CO2 is not killing the oceans. CO2 is not causing global warming.
Patrick:
Here is the awesome thing about science, if you don’t think that adding co2 to sea water makes it more acidic, you can actually try it out yourself and see if it does. I think you will find that sea water does in fact get more acidic the more co2 that absorbs into it.
You can also get a sea shell, or a bit of coral and dip it in your newly acidic water and see what happens to it over time.
You don’t have to trust the “kooks” try it yourself.
You seem to have a lot of free time.
Naib,
I know that adding CO2 to water makes it acidic. I also know that acid dissolves things like metal and limestone and the acidic solution becomes saline.
The amount of CO2 is not all that much compared to the amount that nature creates naturally and the oceans are so big. Also plants convert CO2 to O2 and wood and fruits and vegetables.
Do the math. The oceans are sextillions or septillions of gallons and the CO2 that goes into the air is what? And most of it stays in the air doesn’t it?
seems to me that a little simple math would tell you how much co2 you would need to make that much water acidic enough to affect life, you could also do a calculation of how much co2 humans are putting into the air…which is exactly what these scientists are doing.
Or you could go out ever day for a couple of years and measure the acidity of the ocean, if it was getting more acidic you might conclude that there must be enough co2 to make it more acidic.
For very tiny creatures, micro plankton and the like, it doesn’t take much of a change in ocean chemistry for them to be unable to make their shells. It’s not like the oceans have to turn into battery acid, they just have to get slightly more acidic.
With a little searching around on the internet you should be able to find the answer to these questions.
That is of course if you trust these “kooks” But then again if you don’t trust science, then how are you making comments on this blog, the magic internet box? Or perhaps the power goblin is putting juju power into your power lines. Or maybe that light in your room is really just a trapped fairy in a bottle.
My point is that you can’t just pick and choose which parts of science you like, they are all connected and the same principles work on everything, so if you accept the science of the computer in front of you, the exact same science is at work in the climate, in the oceans, and everywhere else. Its all a system, a testable system. You don’t have to trust any of these people, you can go out and redo all the tests, and see for yourself.
Human beings can and do make changes on the earth by our actions, it happens all the time. I guess I don’t understand why you have such a hard time accepting the fact that some of these changes are bad for us in the long run.
Maybe you should stop studying atlantis so much and take a look at what happened to the people on easter island.
Yeah, but eventually if you leave the cap off the club soda, or beer, or champaigne, they all go flat. There’s only so much CO2 that water will hold. And the amount of CO2 is not very much compared to the mass of the atmosphere and ocean. That volcano that erupted recently in Chili probably created more acid than the entire industrial revolution has created.
Well patrick, why don’t you try and figure out what makes more co2 one volcano in chilli or all the oil/coal/gas burned by humans each year. It shouldn’t be but a couple minutes of googling.
Once again, the kooks are making up science.
CO2 is not killing the oceans. CO2 is not causing global warming.
Patrick:
Here is the awesome thing about science, if you don’t think that adding co2 to sea water makes it more acidic, you can actually try it out yourself and see if it does. I think you will find that sea water does in fact get more acidic the more co2 that absorbs into it.
You can also get a sea shell, or a bit of coral and dip it in your newly acidic water and see what happens to it over time.
You don’t have to trust the “kooks” try it yourself.
You seem to have a lot of free time.
Naib,
I know that adding CO2 to water makes it acidic. I also know that acid dissolves things like metal and limestone and the acidic solution becomes saline.
The amount of CO2 is not all that much compared to the amount that nature creates naturally and the oceans are so big. Also plants convert CO2 to O2 and wood and fruits and vegetables.
Do the math. The oceans are sextillions or septillions of gallons and the CO2 that goes into the air is what? And most of it stays in the air doesn’t it?
seems to me that a little simple math would tell you how much co2 you would need to make that much water acidic enough to affect life, you could also do a calculation of how much co2 humans are putting into the air…which is exactly what these scientists are doing.
Or you could go out ever day for a couple of years and measure the acidity of the ocean, if it was getting more acidic you might conclude that there must be enough co2 to make it more acidic.
For very tiny creatures, micro plankton and the like, it doesn’t take much of a change in ocean chemistry for them to be unable to make their shells. It’s not like the oceans have to turn into battery acid, they just have to get slightly more acidic.
With a little searching around on the internet you should be able to find the answer to these questions.
That is of course if you trust these “kooks” But then again if you don’t trust science, then how are you making comments on this blog, the magic internet box? Or perhaps the power goblin is putting juju power into your power lines. Or maybe that light in your room is really just a trapped fairy in a bottle.
My point is that you can’t just pick and choose which parts of science you like, they are all connected and the same principles work on everything, so if you accept the science of the computer in front of you, the exact same science is at work in the climate, in the oceans, and everywhere else. Its all a system, a testable system. You don’t have to trust any of these people, you can go out and redo all the tests, and see for yourself.
Human beings can and do make changes on the earth by our actions, it happens all the time. I guess I don’t understand why you have such a hard time accepting the fact that some of these changes are bad for us in the long run.
Maybe you should stop studying atlantis so much and take a look at what happened to the people on easter island.
Yeah, but eventually if you leave the cap off the club soda, or beer, or champaigne, they all go flat. There’s only so much CO2 that water will hold. And the amount of CO2 is not very much compared to the mass of the atmosphere and ocean. That volcano that erupted recently in Chili probably created more acid than the entire industrial revolution has created.
Well patrick, why don’t you try and figure out what makes more co2 one volcano in chilli or all the oil/coal/gas burned by humans each year. It shouldn’t be but a couple minutes of googling.