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ziq OP wrote

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daniel wrote

What good are both CO2 and water without Sunlight? What good are CO2, Water, and Sunlight without Nitrogen? What good are CO2, Water, Sunlight, and Nitrogen without phosphorous? What good are CO2, Water, Sunlight, Nitrogen and Phosphorous without Sulfur, Magnesium, Calcium, etc. etc. etc. It takes lots of stuff (some in extremely small trace amounts like copper and selenium) to make plants grow. But most of a plant's mass comes from carbon in the atmosphere.

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ziq OP wrote

If 7-11 months of the year are completely dry and extremely hot, none of that stuff is going to help plants grow.

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daniel wrote

I'll tell you what. If raddle and myself are still around 40 years from now we can revisit this conversation and we'll have the evidence to inform our conclusions.

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ziq OP wrote

It doesn't rain here for 6-10 months every year.

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ziq OP wrote

We got some super rare summer rain here last month but the sun came out right after and the soil was bone dry again within hours.

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