{"id":367282,"date":"2025-02-23T10:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=367282"},"modified":"2025-02-23T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:04:00","slug":"dessler-plays-the-co2-is-plant-food-straw-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=367282","title":{"rendered":"Dessler: Plays the \u201cCO2 is Plant Food\u201d Straw Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest \u201cTorching a Straw Man\u201d by\u00a0David Middleton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is CO2 plant food? Why are we still talking about this?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

the climate-denier zombie argument that, unlike plants, won\u2019t die<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Dessler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 20, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent interviews with Trump administration officials have revived a persistent myth in climate change discussions: \u201cCO2<\/sub> is plant food\u201d. This is one of those zombie climate-denial arguments that just never goes away because 1) it\u2019s a simple argument and 2) it seems intuitive \u2014 after all, plants need carbon dioxide, so more of it must be good, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, CO2<\/sub> enhances photosynthesis. But crops don\u2019t grow in a vacuum, they also need water, temperatures in a particular range, and farmers need predictable seasons. Climate change disrupts all of those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Climate Brink<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Climate change disrupts all of those<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Disrupts all of what? Global agricultural data are easily available from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAOSTAT<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wheat \u2013 Area Harvested and Production \/\u00a0Mauna Loa CO2<\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Maize (Corn) \u2013 Area Harvested and Production \/\u00a0Mauna Loa CO2<\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Maize and Wheat \u2013 Yield \/\u00a0Mauna Loa CO2<\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Oh! But that\u2019s just wheat and corn! That\u2019s true. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of agricultural products. FAOSTAT also publishes an agricultural Gross Production Index relative to 2014-2016.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Gross Production Index \u2013 Yield \/\u00a0Mauna Loa CO2<\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Straw Man?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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I don\u2019t know of any scientifically literate skeptics who say that more CO2<\/sub> is better simply because it\u2019s plant food. Nor do I know of any who think that the rise in atmospheric CO2<\/sub> is the sole reason for improved agricultural output over the past 64 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although, it clearly is plant food. And we know that substantially less CO2<\/sub>\u00a0would be very bad for plants. There is compelling evidence that CO2<\/sub>\u00a0in the range of 180-220 ppm induced carbon starvation in C3<\/sub>\u00a0plants during the Last Glacial Maximum (Ward et al., 2005<\/a>). While there might be a point at which more atmospheric CO2<\/sub>\u00a0could do more harm than good, the rise from 280 to 420 ppm has clearly been beneficial. It\u2019s largely been beneficial due to the exploitation of fossil fuels over the past 160 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Life Expectancy:\u00a0Our World in Data<\/a>, Energy Consumption:\u00a0Bjorn Lomborg, 2020<\/a>\u00a0and CO2<\/sub>
(Wood for Trees<\/a>,\u00a0MacFarling Meure et al., 2006<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From 1800 to 1900, per capita energy consumption, primarily from biomass, remained relatively flat; as did the average life expectancy. From 1900 to 1978, per capita energy consumption roughly tripled with the rapid growth in fossil fuel production (coal, oil & gas). This was accompanied by a doubling of average life expectancy. While I can\u2019t say that fossil fuels caused the increase in life expectancy, I can unequivocally state that everything that enabled the increase in life expectancy wouldn\u2019t have existed or happened without fossil fuels, particularly petroleum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our modern society would not exist without fossil fuels and it would collapse in a heartbeat if fossil fuels were made unavailable and\/or unaffordable. One of the coolest things about being a petroleum geologist, is that I can give thanks for fossil fuels and say \u201cyou\u2019re welcome\u201d in the same sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funny thing, Andrew Dessler is a professor at Texas A&M University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Permanent University Fund (PUF) is a public endowment contributing to the support of eligible institutions of The University of Texas and The Texas A&M University Systems. The PUF was established in the Texas Constitution of 1876 through the appropriation of land grants previously given to The University of Texas, as well as an additional one million acres of land. Additional land grants to the PUF were completed in 1883 with the contribution of another one million acres. Today, the PUF contains over 2.1 million acres of land primarily located in 19 counties in West Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PUF\u2019s primary investment objective is to maximize investment returns within the risk parameters specified in the PUF Investment Policy Statement without regard to the distribution rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PUF is invested in a broad mix of investments and is actively managed to its policy portfolio or benchmark. UTIMCO allocates the PUF\u2019s assets to internally and externally managed portfolios in accordance with guidelines approved in the PUF Investment Policy Statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Permanent University Fund (PUF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Mineral Interest Contribution = Revenue from oil & gas production<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lomborg, Bjorn . Welfare in the 21st century: Increasing development, reducing inequality, the impact of climate change, and the cost of climate policies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change<\/em>. Volume 156, 2020, 119981, ISSN 0040-1625, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.techfore.2020.119981<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MacFarling Meure, C., D. Etheridge, C. Trudinger, P. Steele, R. Langenfelds, T. van Ommen, A. Smith, and J. Elkins (2006), Law Dome CO2<\/sub>, CH4<\/sub> and N2<\/sub>O ice core records extended to 2000 years BP, Geophys. Res. Lett.<\/em>, 33, L14810, doi:10.1029\/2006GL026152<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward, Joy K.; Harris, John M.; Cerling, Thure E.; Wiedenhoeft, Alex; Lott, Michael J.; Dearing, Maria-Denise; Coltrain, Joan B.; Ehleringer, James R. 2005. Carbon starvation in glacial trees recovered from the La Brea tar pits, southern California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America<\/em>. Vol. 102, no. 3 (Jan. 18, 2005): p. 690-694<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although, it clearly is plant food. And we know that substantially less CO2\u00a0would be very bad for plants. There is compelling evidence that CO2\u00a0in the range of 180-220 ppm induced carbon starvation in C3\u00a0plants during the Last Glacial Maximum (Ward et al., 2005). While there might be a point at which more atmospheric CO2\u00a0could do more harm than good, the rise from 280 to 420 ppm has clearly been beneficial. 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