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To: 50mm

Don't just talk about soda. The entire alcoholic beverages industry and the ethanol industry are massive producers of CO2. When any carbohydrate (corn for ethanol, for example) is fermented to produce ethanol, the reaction emits a prodigious amount of CO2. CO2 is what provides the fizz in beer and sparkling wine.


2 posted on 03/07/2007 6:35:06 AM PST by libstripper
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But, for those who don't understand the process, the CO2 was taken out of the atmosphere, stored in the plants as carbohydrates, and released during the fermentation process. Plant CO2 is just recycled.

The only 'new' CO2 is that released by burning coal or oil taken from the ground or by breaking down minerals/chemicals from the earth that have stored it for ages.


4 posted on 03/07/2007 6:45:57 AM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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Where did the co2 come from, though?


8 posted on 03/07/2007 7:01:50 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (RINO = Rudy Is Not Ours! Keep scrubbing, Rudy supporters, the blood won't come off.)
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