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Is that 'Phil' referring to me?

Certainly not all plants and like none of them. An example of one limit is this paper studying grasses: https://bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12870-018-1243-3 "We found very strong CO2 fertilization effects on the aboveground and total biomass of the three species. The...

Are you saying that pre-industrial levels of CO2 are insufficient to support plant life? Really?

What bodies will we accept pronouncing on climate change? United nations : https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/mythbusters (1) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/resources/spm-headline-statements (2) World Health Organisation...

Look up 'False Dichotomy' A scientist will not face end-of-career for having a different view if they can show the evidence that supports the view. Informed scientific debate happens and when the evidence for one position outweighs another scientists are happy to change their position if...

So do I, I wonder if we are both in the same town (Newton Abbot)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58954530

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/tweets/did-1609-scientists-sign-a-declaration-saying-ther/ Only 10 of the signatories described themselves as climatologists or climate scientists, Agence France-Presse found. About 200 signatories were engineers. Other professionals were...

"In high-income countries, the material footprint per capita – the amount of primary materials needed to meet our needs -- is more than 10 times larger than in low-income countries. And the Group of 20 major economies (G20) accounts for 78% of global greenhouse gas emissions"...

Too true; we have this highly artificial political 'war on woke' which aims to stop the 'woke extremists' and now includes environmental awareness. I have no problem with this inclusion - I have been called woke several times and I take it as a compliment. "Woke is an adjective derived from...

It is very strong minded of you to be able to see outside the bubble that any industry creates.

Yeah, after the talk-talk leak-leak I got plenty of those. I had fun for a while being an old duffer who didn't understand computers. "I only use it for doing my banking" was a favourite line. My machine took ages to boot up and occasionally the phone line dropped. I mistyped things and...

Or maybe its is the word 'horse' that is being emphasised....

Is that height adjustable?

Another no-a-joke but it will bring a smile. I bought an item from the states and one of the very small screws was damaged. Tell you what says the vendor I will send you a postcard with a nice sticker and accidentally get one of the screws under the sticker. Said screw is smaller than a grain...

No lists of ingredients on the website. Looks professional, but I can't help thinking that it is a spoof. Surely no-one would try to sell a 'food replacement' called Soylent in a green colour? Surely not. EDIT: Seems it was deliberate Soylent (meal replacement) - Wikipedia "Soylent is named...

https://www.etymonline.com/word/arse replace buttock with the word in question. I forgot about the auto nanny.

Actions lie louder than words.

Third option- talk 'tough on crime', 'war on drugs' etc and do nothing to make it a reality. This seems to be the optimum solution for criminals and politicians alike.