Exactly what is it about CO2, a plant food, that scares you so much? You do real...

WaxProlix · 2026-01-17T22:46:23 1768689983

Plants and humans both love water, but you can still drown.

networkadmin · 2026-01-18T01:55:57 1768701357

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WA · 2026-01-18T07:41:52 1768722112

Please attempt steelmanning the global warming greenhouse effect and its consequences as an intellectual exercise.

networkadmin · 2026-01-18T13:24:51 1768742691

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WaxProlix · 2026-01-18T18:24:15 1768760655

He was asking you to try to 'steelman', or take seriously the strongest version of, the arguments of your counterparts, rather than being dismissive.

"Plants like CO2" is not a counterargument to "Increased atmoospheric CO2 will have a number of outcomes that are net negative for humanity", so I presume they're asking you to actually think about the argument being made and respond to it, not some other, made up one.

arbitrary_name · 2026-01-17T23:16:49 1768691809

Where do i even begin to respond to this?

Plants growing slightly faster does not mitigate the many consequences of increased CO2.

BigTTYGothGF · 2026-01-17T23:52:11 1768693931

Nitrate is a plant food too, doesn't mean it's not killing large parts of the ocean.

b00ty4breakfast · 2026-01-18T02:28:55 1768703335

I didn't call you anything, I wasn't even talking to you.