There is no such thing as an evil gas. Only a gas which is being added to the atmosphere in excessive amounts.
If soda released a net amount of 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, it would not be taxed, or regulated or subject to cap and trade; it would be banned outright.
But the amount of carbon dioxide released from soda is not enough to effect global temperatures.
Jeff M
Sure. Someone keeps consuming eight course meals, and when the put on a few pounds, blame the soda he drinks.
Industrial carbon dioxide can be produced by several methods, many of which are practiced at various scales. In its dominant route, carbon dioxide is produced as a side product of the industrial production of ammonia and hydrogen. These processes begin with the reaction of water and natural gas (mainly methane).Although carbon dioxide is not often recovered, carbon dioxide results from combustion of fossil fuels and wood as well fermentation of sugar in the brewing of beer, whisky and other alcoholic beverages. It also results from thermal decomposition of limestone, CaCO
3, in the manufacture of lime (calcium oxide, CaO). It may be obtained directly from natural carbon dioxide springs, where it is produced by the action of acidified water on limestone or dolomite.
Industrial carbon dioxide can be produced by several methods, many of which are practiced at various scales. In its dominant route, carbon dioxide is produced as a side product of the industrial production of ammonia and hydrogen. These processes begin with the reaction of water and natural gas (mainly methane).Although carbon dioxide is not often recovered, carbon dioxide results from combustion of fossil fuels and wood as well fermentation of sugar in the brewing of beer, whisky and other alcoholic beverages. It also results from thermal decomposition of limestone, CaCO
3, in the manufacture of lime (calcium oxide, CaO). It may be obtained directly from natural carbon dioxide springs, where it is produced by the action of acidified water on limestone or dolomite.
Soda is vilified. The mayor in NYC, Bloomingidiotberg, banned all soda drinks over 16 ounces. It isn't because of CO2 but it shows you there is very little these nannystaters won't do to protect us from ourselves. Now he has his sights set on elevators.
I believe that the CO2 in soda is either bio-sourced, or taken directly from the air.
The industrial CO2 that is of such concern is made by burning fossil fuels.
You need to understand the difference between biological carbon and fossil carbon.
The CO2 in soda was already in the biological carbon cycle. It either came from the air directly, or it came from plants that made long chain carbons (like starches and fats) from CO2 that they took out of the air. So soda only returns CO2 that was already in the air recently, and thus doesn't increase the (average) amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, it just recycles it.
Fossil carbon, however, is carbon that hasn't been in the biological carbon cycle. When you burn coal or oil, you are adding the carbon it contains to the biological carbon cycle. Some of that excess carbon will be absorbed by plants, but some will not. So, in general, burning a fossil fuel will increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
You can think of the biological carbon cycle as a little like a fountain. The CO2 pouring into the air from things breathing (or from forest fires and the like) is like the water pouring into the bottom basin of the fountain from the top. But, all that water is water that was pumped *out* of the bottom basin of the fountain, it's just being recirculated. No matter how fast the fountain is flowing, it will never overflow just from that circulation.
Now, CO2 from burning fossil fuels is like a hose dribbling water into that same fountain. It may be a much, much, much smaller flow of water than the water from the top of the fountain, but it *can* eventually make the fountain overflow.
Because co2 is natural and the soda industry is not putting up with this green house BS
JZ: Bloomberg banned soda over certain sizes due to obesity.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013...
Why in the world would you post something like this as it has nothing to do with the question? Are you now going to claim that excess soda drinking does not make you obese? Or are you going to claim that those damn liberals are taking away your soda-loving freedom?
Just give the Eco-Nazis a little more time and power and it will be.
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http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/691
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/gases/co2.html
vilified : 2: to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame
