Myth: People claim that the more CO2 in the atmosphere helps sustain plants around the world. So the more CO2 the more the plants have to eat. This will help the plants grow overall.
This claim is trying to appeal to logic, our plants should therefor grow a lot taller and bloom bigger. But more is not better. more can be damaging to to the plant like with more CO2 in the air leads to warmer temperatures, which can lead to more desserts not as suitable for plants. Also besides more desserts form from more CO2, storms become intense which can not help the plant grow. One last thing the increased amount of CO2 does is increase the amount of water a plant needs to help with the less available water due to the drier, more hot weather. So overall, increased CO2 in the atmosphere does not help the plants well-being, rather it makes it harder on the plant. So limiting how much CO2 we emit each year will help the plants a great deal more than emitting more. http://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-plant-food.htm
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