environment

 

Moron Greenies

 

          Saw a story the other day that the folks of Denver were crying about the Natural gas fired power plants.  They said the natural gas fired plants were polluting their air, nothing specific, just that the power plant was polluting their air.  There were not studies cited and no specific pollutants, they just made the statement that their air was being polluted.  Since they made the statement, they expect people to accept their assumption/opinion as being fact. 

 

          Natural gas fired power plants are probably one of the cleanest sources of energy and possibly a great benefit to the environment.  Outside of carbon dioxide and water vapor, a gas fired plant has almost no emissions or particulates. 

 

          Water vapor is harmless and carbon dioxide is beneficial to plants.  As we need oxygen to breathe, plants need carbon dioxide to breathe.  Plants inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. 

 

          Talking to a farm manager few years ago, he mentioned that to stimulate plant growth in the greenhouse to would add carbon dioxide.  For the richer the air was in carbon dioxide, faster the plant grew and the healthier it grew. 

 

So one can deduce from a statement like that, that power plants enhance the environment.  For the richer the ambient air is in carbon dioxide, the better the plant growth is.  In support of this, I read about a study done in Europe by various universities, that the world’s vegetation had increased by 17% since the beginning of the industrial age, early 1800;s. 

 

It would appear that the greenhouse gas is actually beneficial to the environment.  Because as the world’s vegetation increased to did its food supply.  With a growing population, the food supply needs to grow along with number of people. 

 

So the question is, is greenhouse gas bad for the environment?  In my opinion, I would say greenhouse gasses are good for us.   For years, pundits have been saying we are going to perish because of the climate changes brought about by greenhouse gas emissions. 

 

With all of the alarmist statements over the past 50 years, the balance of gasses in the atmosphere has hardly varied. 

 

Oh, I was a biology and chemistry major when I started university. So what to do.  Personally not much, just don’t abuse things and have a good stewardship of the earth’s resources.