@FracSlap It is hard to dupe people into blaming famines on CO2 emissions if they're old enough to remember when major famines were often in the news, in places like Africa and Bangladesh, or if they understand graphs like this one:
@FracSlap Decarbonization is a fool's errand. Fossil fuels not only make nitrogen fertilization practical, by raising atmospheric CO2 levels they make crops more water-efficient and drought-resilient, and they improve crop yields by "carbon fertilization."
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@FracSlap This happened forty years ago, when the average atmospheric CO2 level was only 340 ppmv:
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@FracSlap It doesn't happen anymore. For the first time in human history, large drought-induced famines no longer happen — in substantial part because of rising CO2 levels.
@FracSlap Fertilization has helped a lot to improve crop yields, but so have CO2 emissions.
@FracSlap Climate change is highly politicized, so, as for any politicized issue, if you want to understand it you must find balanced information. Here's a list of resources to learn about the science of climate change, instead of the political spin:
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