Strategerist> ...Emissions of CO2 by human activities,
including fossil fuel burning, cement production,
and gas flaring, amount to about 22 billion tonnes
per year (24 billion tons) [ ( Marland, et al.,
1998) - The reference gives the amount of released
carbon (C), rather than CO2.].
Released CARBON, not co2. Much of the carbon falls out of the atmosphere (via rain) and is also absorbed by the oceans, which btw cover about 3/4 of the earth’s surface. Sand in the earth’s many vast deserts also absorb carbon
and co2.
Still in all, I’m waiting for ‘AlGore’ and his power grabers in the U.N. to explain how they differentiate between natural and man made co2 producation. And again, if co2 is heavier than oxygen and nitrogen, how does it reamin abouve us to act as a ‘greenhouse gas’??
btw... so2 indeed reflects sunlight, but it also traps heat....much of which is produced by vlocanic activity, above and below the earth.
The earth is a gigantic ball of ‘lava’...with a thin crust. Do you think its just possible that the earth can produce any heat of its own?? Do you really think this emission of heat is constant from century to century? More than a dozen ice-ages that have come and gone on their own say.. ‘NO’.
The atomic weights of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen are as follows:
C = 12.0110369
N = 14.0067231
O = 15.9993047
Nitrogen and oxygen occur as N2 and O2 in nature. So, the atomic weight of N2 is 28.0134462 (14.0067231 per atom). O2 is 31.9986094 (15.9993047 per atom). And CO2 is 44.0096463 (14.6698821 per atom). CO2 is heavier than N2 but lighter than O2.