| Carbon dioxide or CO2 is a trace gas in the | | | | this is from the consistent inner warm |
| earth's atmosphere. CO2 has been at the center | | | | temperature of our body. Other major causes of |
| of the global warming controversy, but probably | | | | man-made CO2 are coal, oil and gas. |
| has a greater effect on the environment | | | | It has been noted that just the improvement of |
| concerning pollution. Global warming is affected by | | | | emissions on automobiles will have a tremendous |
| so many variables that it is impossible to say | | | | affect on lowering the amount of CO2 in the |
| definitively exactly what percentages are | | | | atmosphere. This is especially true if people switch |
| attributed to each variable. | | | | to an electric car or one that gives off very little |
| Natural Weather Cycles and CO2are a major | | | | carbon dioxide. The newer vehicles today have |
| factor as is solar activity and sunspots. CO2 is | | | | drastically improved in this area. |
| only approximately 0.038 percent of the earth's | | | | China and India |
| atmosphere. Before the industrial age CO2 was | | | | China is the leading emitter of carbon dioxide in |
| about 280 ppm (parts per million) and today it is | | | | the world having recently taken over the United |
| about 382 ppm. This is about a 36% increase in | | | | States. This unfortunate leading position is likely to |
| carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. However, since | | | | increase even more because regulations are not |
| CO2 is only a fraction of 1%, even at a 100% | | | | as strict in China. Everyone remembers the |
| increase other gases swallow any fractional | | | | Summer Olympics when China built giant walls and |
| percentage increases of carbon dioxide. Keep in | | | | billboards to try and hide the waves of pollution. |
| mind that most carbon dioxide is natural and good. | | | | The anthropogenic or man-made pollution is so |
| It is used for carbonating soft drinks, in fire | | | | bad that some athletes refused to train there. |
| extinguishers, dry ice, greener propellant for | | | | India is on track to over take China as the most |
| aerosol cans, medical respiration, for transporting | | | | populated country in the world in the next two |
| our food under good refrigeration, de-caffeinated | | | | decades. India is also ill equipped to control their |
| coffee and many more great uses. | | | | pollution. China and India see more of a need to |
| Earth's Most Abundant Greenhouse Gases | | | | get their people out of extreme poverty then to |
| | | | have a clean environment. There are some |
| 1. Water Vapor | | | | solutions such as retrofitting factories with the |
| 2. Carbon Dioxide | | | | expensive pollution control equipment. |
| 3. Methane | | | | Global Environment |
| 4. Nitrous Oxide | | | | Until this is accomplished no matter what the |
| 5. Ozone | | | | United States does it will be like a drop in the |
| 6. Chloroflourocarbons | | | | ocean if China and India do not cooperate. The |
| Carbon Dioxide is Emitted Naturally | | | | environment is being affected by greenhouse |
| CO2 is emitted naturally through "Carbon Sink". | | | | gases much more than global warming. Since the |
| Carbon sink is in several forms but the vast | | | | Industrial Age has increased CO2 in the earths |
| majority is from the ocean and plants. This natural | | | | atmosphere we should try to reduce it. The |
| emission dwarfs any man-made emissions. It can | | | | bigger reason is for the environment not because |
| be argued though, that CO2 in the ocean has | | | | of global warming. Many people who live in close |
| increased since the Industrial Age. Plants give off | | | | proximity to industry have problems with asthma, |
| carbon dioxide as a natural function of | | | | cancer and a host of other diseases. |
| photosynthesis. | | | | Global Cooling |
| Man-Made Carbon Dioxide | | | | Many meteorologists and scientists have recently |
| The Industrial Age has brought about an increase | | | | predicted the world is going into a global cooling |
| in CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels. This takes | | | | period. Amazingly, global warming alarmists blame |
| place in many forms including your breath. The air | | | | global warming on global cooling or global freezing |
| we exhale has a much higher concentration of | | | | temperatures. Even though there was an Ice Age |
| carbon dioxide then the air we inhale. Obviously, | | | | without man-made CO2 emissions. Go figure. |