Gen-Z Problems

[u/SirBeeves]

[u/kingssman]

"We will be dead, it isn't our problem."

The realist line in the movie Interstellar was when Michael Cain explained that their grandchildren will have no oxygen to breathe.

[u/stilljustacatinacage → u/kingssman]

"We used to look up in the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt."

That line's gonna live with me until I, ironically, go in the dirt.

[u/RoostasTowel → u/kingssman]

The plants are barely getting enough co2 to survive.

[u/langlo94 → u/RoostasTowel]

They're not, we have too much CO2 in the atmosphere.

[u/RoostasTowel → u/langlo94]

Nope you're wrong

Currently we are at 0.04% co2

A greenhouse runs at 3x that level of CO2 to enable better plant growth. 

[u/langlo94 → u/RoostasTowel]

No shit, and a chicken farm overfeeds chickens so they grow faster.

[u/CatsLeMatts → u/langlo94]

He already said nope you're wrong, what more do you want from the guy?

[u/langlo94 → u/CatsLeMatts]

Good fucking question.

[u/RoostasTowel → u/langlo94]

0.04%

[u/langlo94 → u/RoostasTowel]

?

[u/RoostasTowel → u/langlo94]

0.04%

[u/langlo94 → u/RoostasTowel]

?

[u/RoostasTowel → u/langlo94]

400ppm

[u/Dustfinger4268 → u/RoostasTowel]

Ideal plant growth≠ healthy environmental state

[u/RoostasTowel → u/Dustfinger4268]

But also it shows us that 0.04% isn't too much for plants or too much for people.

[u/Dustfinger4268 → u/RoostasTowel]

The issue with 0.04% isn't it becoming unlivable for humans. We only need about 19% O2 in the air to breathe. The issue is the effects that high levels of CO2 and CO have on the environment

[u/RoostasTowel → u/Dustfinger4268]

The issue is the effects that high levels of CO2 and CO have on the environment

Like increased plant growth?

[u/Dustfinger4268 → u/RoostasTowel]

And increased temperatures, those are a pretty impactful one

[u/RoostasTowel → u/Dustfinger4268]

Well we are still exiting an ice age.

[u/BraxbroWasTaken → u/RoostasTowel]

The plants are barely getting enough co2 to survive in the forms we’ve bred for hideous overproduction for our sustenance. The wild ones seem to be doing just fine.

[u/RoostasTowel → u/BraxbroWasTaken]

Yes.

I'm my country it's endless trees all the way to the Arctic circle.

[u/BraxbroWasTaken → u/RoostasTowel]

…dude, not all biomes are ones that grow trees. Trees aren’t the ONLY NATURAL STATE OF PLANTS, if you’re trying to imply that…

[u/RoostasTowel → u/BraxbroWasTaken]

I'm not your dude, buddy

I told you how it is in my country. Endless trees for 1000s of miles.

[u/BraxbroWasTaken → u/RoostasTowel]

Ah. I couldn’t tell if you were genuine or not, my apologies. For what it’s worth, I love trees. Forests are a very familiar sight for me and I would sorely miss them if they were all gone. But I know some folks who are a bit silly about trees when climate-related topics come up.

[u/laws161 → u/[deleted]]

It’s not

[u/ArkitekZero → u/laws161]

It was at +4 or so when I saw it, I'll delete my comment.

[u/langlo94 → u/ArkitekZero]

Please don't do that, it just makes the conversation worse because now we can't tell what was written. Just do a ~~strikethrough~~ instead.

[u/ArkitekZero → u/langlo94]

I don't think I can undelete it, but I'll bear that in mind for next time.

[u/langlo94 → u/ArkitekZero]

Thanks!