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Fewer people, less C[O.sub.2].(Letter to the editor)
I read your article by Warren Mass ("The High Cost of Cap and Trade") in the May 11 edition of your magazine. I was looking for some mention of all the carbon dioxide breathed out by humans and animals.
Don't they and haven't they been breathing out carbon dioxide for more years than we have had automobiles and power plants? Why don't we reduce the amount produced there? We could have a few more wars, strangle a few, eat more meat, drive less, produce fewer babies. Of course, if we drove less, we would go back to horses. Sorry, but they produce carbon dioxide, don't they? They also produce horse manure. This is oxidized and uses oxygen, leaving carbon dioxide. ...
- Carbon dioxide an often overlooked natural resource.(Energy & Utilities)
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal McNeill, George May 3, 2004 700+ words
...resource. "The state is blessed with carbon dioxide," according to Kerry Allen, Mississippi...producer and its only producer of carbon dioxide. In a process called "through the bit," carbon dioxide is used to enhance oil wells that...
- Carbon Dioxide
- Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science January 1, 2002 700+ words
Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound consisting of one part carbon and two...represented by the chemical formula CO 2 . For a number of reasons, carbon dioxide is one of the most important gases on Earth. Plants use carbon...
- Carbon dioxide marches to an uneven beat. (climatic changes moderate...
- Magazine article from: Science News Monastersky, Richard June 24, 1995 700+ words
...climbs ever higher, so do emissions of carbon dioxide, the notorious greenhouse gas. Since...started monitoring its concentration, carbon dioxide has accumulated in the atmosphere almost...fuels. But in the last 15 years, the carbon dioxide buildup has surged ahead of fossil...
- Carbon Dioxide Promises Green Alternative for Air Conditioners, Refrigerators.
- News wire article from: AScribe Science News Service March 10, 2006 700+ words
...technologies that use environmentally friendly carbon dioxide as a refrigerant instead of conventional...Talks also will cover the use of carbon dioxide to run "heat pumps," which operate...organizing the conference. Although carbon dioxide is a global-warming gas, conventional...
- Carbon dioxide
- Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science January 1, 2008 700+ words
Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is a heavy, odorless, colorless, faintly acid-tasting...of carbon (C) attached to two atoms of oxygen (O): CO 2 . Carbon dioxide was the first gas to be distinguished from ordinary air, perhaps...
- Carbon dioxide: where does it all go?
- Magazine article from: Science News Monastersky, R. August 26, 1989 700+ words
Carbon Dioxide: Where Does It All Go? Scientists studying carbon dioxide have run into arithmetic problem. A research...say it points out an unnerving ignorance about carbon dioxide. "We've been overconfident for a long time...
- Carbon dioxide may be tomorrow's refrigerant.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Barrett, Rick October 24, 2002 700+ words
...Manufacturing Co. are making progress with carbon dioxide in automotive and portable heating...water heaters and buildings. Although carbon dioxide is considered a global-warming gas...according to Modine researchers. Using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant would not contribute...
- Carbon Dioxide May Be Tomorrow's Refrigerant.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 5, 2002 700+ words
...Manufacturing Co. are making progress with carbon dioxide in automotive and portable heating...water heaters and buildings. Although carbon dioxide is considered a global-warming gas...according to Modine researchers. Using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant would not contribute...
