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quote Originally posted by Valkrie9: CO², blown towards illiteracy, ignorance, stupidity to better the human genetic pool, making it smarter. https://www.fo...7544c0435cbf I don't know much, but what I do know, is true. It is true that a man could be so foolish, that he would endanger his very existence by his own folly. "You can't fix stupid!" ~ Ron White, comedian.

As Ray just remarked, this is from the article that Valkrie9 posted:

quote The Earth's mantle is full of trillions of tons of carbon alone, and if even a small percent of it were added to the atmosphere, it has the potential to be absolutely catastrophic for the planet. But given the scales of the eruptions we actually have, less than a billion tons are emitted per year thanks to volcanic activity: a small enough amount that our planet can sequester roughly the same amount on a per-year basis. If not for the influence of humans, the climate and carbon dioxide concentrations would be stable. Rising CO2 is a problem that we're actively causing, and if we want to fix it, that's up to us, too.

It's apparent that Valkrie9 is "gassing off" about the relatively small amount of CO2 emissions from volcanoes, and ignoring the far more significant 36.8 billion metric ton "gorilla in the room" of human attributable CO2 emissions during just the most recent full year of 2023.

That Forbes article is from 2017.

This is currently posted on NASA's Climate Change website:

quote Volcanic eruptions are often discussed in the context of climate change because they release CO2 and other gases into our atmosphere. However, the impact of human activities on the carbon cycle far exceeds that of all the world's volcanoes combined, by more than 100 times. To put it in perspective, while volcanic eruptions do contribute to an increase in atmospheric CO2, human activities release an amount of CO2 equivalent to what a Mount St. Helens-sized eruption produces every 2.5 hours and a Mount Pinatubo-sized eruption twice daily. The most significant eruptions come from super volcanoes like Yellowstone or Mount Toba, which erupt very rarely, about every 100,000 to 200,000 years or more. Yet, the total annual CO2 emissions from human activities are akin to one or more Yellowstone-sized super eruptions occurring every year. In essence, CO2 emissions from human activities greatly surpass those from volcanoes.

https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/42/what-do-volcanoes-have-to-do-with-climate-change/

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