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The Greening of Planet Earth Continues

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I just wish this had been better done. It came off as kind of "plastic". The basic message, though, is that the more CO2 in the environment, the better plant life will do. Plant life is how carbon enters the life cycle. This isn't a presentation saying that global warming doesn't exist. It just points out that there are some positives going on with more carbon in the environment. If you don't believe their thesis, just call your local greenhouse and ask them if they use CO2 to make their plants grow faster. Turns out the optimum for plant growth is a lot higher than what we have now and what we are anticipating getting. Ask your florist what that optimum is.

All in all, a worthwhile view and counter presentation for what is generally an unrealistically one-sided discussion of the topic.

Buyer beware! If zero stars was an option that's what I would have given it. The Greening Earth Society (now defunct) was a public relations front for the Western Fuels Association, an industry group representing mostly coal interests in the Great Plains. One must give the big energy interests credit for creating the unwarranted skepticism about whether or not global climate change is occurring and whether or not it is a positive development. This film and its prequel summarize the coal industry's pro-pollution message about the "benefits" of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The science presented in their films is shoddy, bought and sold by industry.