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[–]Dunwidit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well I couldn't tell you with any certainty as I'm not a scientist.... I can't even confirm for a certainty that the tube worms they say they discovered living around volcanic vents... That survive completely outside of the conventional food chain... You know in water that would be steam if it were in the atmosphere.... Completely devoid of sunlight , Getting their nutrients directly from minerals coming out of the vent.... Again, so hot that it would flash into steam in the atmosphere... Actually exist. I only know what I read.

They were probably lying about the microbes they discovered living deep in the earth that eat Rock as well...

Thanks for clearing it up.

-sigh-

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I couldn't tell you with any certainty as I'm not a scientist

You don't need to be a scientist. You just need to have some, any, experience with growing plants. Maybe that's hard if you live in a big city in an apartment, but surely you know somebody who is a gardener, or grows hydroponics, or you've even seen a movie about farmers struggling with droughts and floods?

Getting a small patch of the desert to bloom is not hard. Normally all you need is water. That's what happens at an oasis. What's implausible is that it is CO2 emissions from a factory that is responsible.