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I am sorry you feel frustrated, and that is not my intent. I would not be offended if you didnt wish to have the conversation, please feel free to step away if you;'d like. Otherwise im happy to continue discussing as well.

> Let's take oxygen. It comes from plants, right? Say we killed ALL the plants, would oxygen just come back on its own? No

No not exclusively from plants. Protists, photosynthetic bacteria, and other examples of non-plant oxygen producers exist. So no plants arent our only source of oxygen.

That said if we killed off all the plants and only relied on other species for oxygen there would indeed be a mass extinction for many reasons. Life would continue, but it would take a very long time for the earth to recover to the level of diversity we have today.

> We've effectively done that with ecosystems that sequester carbon and prevent acidification.

Incorrect, we have not completely killed off all life that sequesters CO2. We have done damage, but not anything remotely that drastic, yet.