antagon
The Man
- Dec 6, 2009
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Dry ice is one phase state of CO2. It requires extreme cold to create it. It does not exhist naturally on this planet in that phase.
Maybe it does, I wonder if under the pressure of the earth's crust there might be a pocket of C02. The point I stress is that C02 as a gas that can absorb, store, and increase the earth's temperature is nonsense.
nah. not likely, these pockets. it gets hotter as it gets deeper, like where the pressures in the crust are high.
CO2 can store and absorb energy. all matter can pull that off to some extent. additionally, unlike nitrogen which is pretty useless as a GHG or photon wave filter, CO2 can pull off these functions in the atmosphere.
its the fact that CO2 is a waste product from virtually every conversion of carbohydrate energy to heat/kinetic energy makes it even more important. i think so important that people are clamoring to exaggerate the role which it plays in the atmosphere and in climate. the political response could empower lucrative proceeds for a few folks with a slick angle.
this is a different type of environmental significance. it is political and economic, but not scientific.