Perhaps because we are the carbon footprint they want to reduce. Not too hard to figure that one for me. I already knew about the somewhat symbiotic relationship between animals and plants. Plants breath in the co2 and exhale o2 and vice versa. And I am for sure not as stupid as they must think we are.

You are not stupid. Just ignorant. I hope and believe you can overcome that.

You take away the oxygen, animals die.
You take away the CO2, the plants die.

You drown animals in oxygen, they die.
You drown plants in CO2, they die.

Life is a carefully balanced system. You throw the system off balance, things go downhill.

Wow.

Makes sense, right?

Yes to a point, Just seemed a little snarky. Scuba tanks have to have a little co2 in them with the oxygen to trigger respiration for instance. But the levels in our atmosphere are in no way at a dangerous level and co2 is NOT a greenhouse gas that causes warming. Now there are gases like nitrogen and nitroxide that in fact do. We have our government and others actively geoengineering OUR destruction which they do admit. All of the "climatologist experts" that the government keep marching out's own data shows the real facts of it all but truth loses their cushy funding. You can trust when I say that I actively study and research and experiment and am way ahead of the curve on curing my "Ignorance".
I simplify my language sometimes so I don't come off as an arrogant asshole but it is what it is. Have a glorious day my friend. Find Your balance.

CO2 is a greenhouse gas, though. Even if it wasn't, it would be a weak argument because its increasing abundance in the atmosphere would still be a major problem, as it also causes ocean acidification.

I'm not by any means refuting that academia is in dire need of systemic changes. That doesn't change the fact that CO2 being GHG is one of the least disputable claims in this whole dilemma. What makes you think it's not? Can you back that up with something?

Yes for sure When the levels were MUCH higher than now we had something called Giants, Giant reptiles giant trees giant plants. But that is a rabbit hole you'll have to go down yourself to believe. And trust me when I say it will kick cognitive dissonance in the ass. I am working on getting my database back on line I can gladly show you the things intentionally hidden to push a narrative. I have and do archive everything offline. Things like the documented and filmed creation of the cave paintings to push the caveman story. the documented and filmed creation of Stonehenge. Origins of all the megalithic structures around the world including thousands of star forts. And that the great wall of china was built not to protect china but to contain and protect from china. For over 60 years I have seen the same bullshit stories about how we are doomed by our environment
If we don't get our world population low enough so the few can play emperor and enslave us. That is the true goal.

Wasn't that mostly invertebrates that were bigger, attributed to O2 concentration? I don't see how CO2 would have any effect on that besides maybe indirectly by making food more readily available due to increased plant growth.

How's that related to it being a GHG, anyway?