Name Ten Different Things in Your House That are Carbon-Free

Vanity

[Old Professer]

Carbon taxes are coming; carbonless fuels are being demanded; carbon dioxide is now viewed as a pollutant.

Just how dependent are we on carbon and all the products utilizing carbon for our daily activities?

I can only name two items in my entire household that contain zero carbon in their makeup; can you do better?

[Old Professer]

Just wondering...

[DPMD]

Dear doofus:

Your own body comprises carbon and other elements. First, get rid of that and we’ll talk.

[Gorzaloon]

Table salt,
Silverware and other all-metal tools and articles,
Dishes,
Incandescent lamps,
Glassware,
Ceramics, all of which rely on carbon fuels at some point in their manufacture or transportation.

[Grizzled Bear]

... carbonless fuels are being demanded...

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Use of a fuel requires burning. How in the hell do you burn something without producing carbon?

[chopperman]

Breast implants.

[KarlInOhio]

Use of a fuel requires burning. How in the hell do you burn something without producing carbon?

Hydrogen extracted from water by solar, nuclear or wind turbines safely out of view of any Kennedies.

[BuffaloJack]

Glass, Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Ceramic, Gold, Silver, Gypsum, Lead, Mercury, Concrete, Zinc

All foods, plastics, oils, etc. contain carbon.
Carbon is good. Without it life, as we know it, would not exist.

[printhead]

I believe steel is an alloy of iron and carbon.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

The water in my sink and the copper in the wiring and pipes, but almost everything has some carbon in it. Glass, although made from silica, is often made with sodium carbonate. Is there carbon in silly putty?

[AndyJackson]

How in the hell do you burn something without producing carbon?

Most elements can burn to form their oxides, wihtout involving carbon. For instance, hyrodgen burns to produce water, and most metals can burn to produce metallic oxides.

[L98Fiero]

“Carbon is good. Without it life, as we know it, would not exist.”

It is the foundation of all life on this planet. Attempting to demonize it is an attempt at human extinction.

[G Larry]

Um....the dilithium crystals powering my SUV?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

You’ve got 10 of those laying around?

[mtbopfuyn]

The human body is 19.37% carbon.

[SlowBoat407]

This isn’t about getting rid of carbon. It’s about redistributing wealth. They don’t want carbon out of your house, they want your money out of your house.

[dalereed]

I work at being carbon positive as possible to counter the greenie whackos!

[L98Fiero]

“They don’t want carbon out of your house, they want your money out of your house.”

Bingo! But still some insist on beating the drum.

[freespirited]

Howz about hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, and bleach?

[mikrofon]

[SaltyJoe]

"I could tell you plenty of things in my house that are carbon free so long as you don't tell the Libyans."

[bmwcyle]

Does this mean I have to get rid of my carbon based wife?

[KarlInOhio]

You’ve got 10 of those laying around?

Maybe the dog got a full set from the cosmetic veterinarian.

[varyouga]

Um, practically everything man made or moved by man has involved the burning of fossil fuels and the production of CO2. Whether the item itself is made from petroleum or it’s just transported by truck.

There are reasons people think we wage war for oil. Oil is very important because it’s in everything.

[xp38]

Were those two things transported to you using hydrocarbon fuels? If they were they are not as pristine as you think. :)

[taxcontrol]

The only problem with a hydrogen economy is that it produces water vapor .... THE NUMBER ONE GREEN HOUSE GAS.

[Publius6961]

Since carbohydrates and hydrocarbons comprise 100% of all living things (and their derivatives), that's a fool's errand.

But the question is contrived. If, for instance, the world's most abundant element, silicon, suddenly became the source of energy, food and other necessities, it would get the attention and the huge taxing exploitation.

The proper question should be, why have we handed the dimmest layers of society (politicians and bureaucrats) the power to destroy us all?

The power to tax is the power to destroy!

Still true.

[ASOC]

Oil is a prime feedstock for much of our chemical & plastics industry, medicine and a host of other ‘civilized’ things are made from hydrocarbons.

And yet we burn up billions of tons of it each year.

Our children’s children are going to be so pi$$ed!

[Publius6961]

Very nice!

Thank you for providing (albeit indirectly) the link:

Great Site!

Incidentally, is there a brief way for you to explain how you managed to substitute the "red circle/slash" for element 6 (carbon) in your post?

[norwaypinesavage]

Di-Hydrogen Oxide

[Publius6961]

Oil is a prime feedstock for much of our chemical & plastics industry, medicine and a host of other ‘civilized’ things are made from hydrocarbons.
And yet we burn up billions of tons of it each year.
Our children’s children are going to be so pi$$ed!

A bit presumptuous there. No one can say with certainty that all existing oil has already been discovered. OK, many have, but always wrongly.

How much do you think those "billions of tons" would be reduced if we relied on nuclear power for everything related to energy production and heat?

[sono]

Heck the human body is far from carbon free. In fact, the carbon atom is inherent to anything ... organic.

[Gorzaloon]

I believe steel is an alloy of iron and carbon.

Right. So is cast iron. Not much left...

[StevieB]

Does this mean I have to get rid of my carbon based wife?

I think it means that if you bury her instead of burn her you can get a carbon credit.

[bmwcyle]

My wife just said she does not believe in Algore.

[mikrofon]

Thanks!

Instead of generating a new image, I’ll sometimes use the HTML Table function, and make an existing Web graphic the table background in, say, a 3x3 grid. Then in the appropriate cell, you can Insert another image at the appropriate size (in this case, the red slash) to achieve the desired effect.

I use MS FrontPage myself, but any good Web editor would do...

[Calvin Locke]

and most metals can burn to produce metallic oxides.

Hmmm, when a star tries to burn iron as fuel, it tends to explode if it's big enough...

Having said that, iron oxidizes pretty much on its own, just being exposed to O2. And lithium, sodium, ...

And aluminum too, but I seem to recall an Argentine Exocet missile striking a British ship, and failing to explode, but the still burning rocket motor set the aluminum, er, aluminium, on fire.

[RightWhale]

Everything in my cabin is made of wood. Wood stove, wood kitchen utensils, wood plates, wood teeth.

[Radix]

"Breast implants."

Chopperman(?) has breast implants?

Does that count as 2 items in this poll?

[GOP_Lady]

Hey, I heat with oil (600+ gallons a year) and PROUD OF IT!

[festus]

noooklear doesn’t make carbon ....

I think .....

[Smokin' Joe]

Not to burst your bubble, but it is the carbides in steel which seperate it from mere iron. Steel contains carbon.

The cement in Concrete is composed mainly of calcium carbonate.

Yep. that too contains carbon.

Gypsum is Calcium sulphate (safe so far), but drywall contains paper backing and facing--yep, more carbon.

It's everywhere...almost. (Glass, gold, zinc, copper, silver, lead, mercury, and afaik ceramics are safe...)

[LexBaird]

Everything in my cabin is made of wood.

Where did you get your wooden computer?

[Bernard Marx]

My wife’s diamonds? Oh, wait...

[BuffaloJack]

You are right Steel does contain carbon.
I can’t believe I missed that.

[Smokin' Joe]

It was the first thing I thought of, too, and then I remembered a little metallurgy.

It sure brings home how much carbon is around, and how insane the idea of taxing it is.

[Caipirabob]

Carbon taxes are coming; carbonless fuels are being demanded; carbon dioxide is now viewed as a pollutant.

So is lead. We plan to dispense it in abundance to the first liberal to actually implement this tyranical crap on us.

[WFTR]

Silverware and other all-metal tools and articles,

Most steels and stainless steels contain some carbon. In the case of some stainless steels, the amount is very little. For others, particularly knives that need to be hard enough to hold an edge, there's a bit more carbon. The carbon helps maintain a martensitic microstructure that gives steels strength and hardness.

Bill

[WFTR]

See my previous post about steel.

[WFTR]

I believe steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Correct