Co2 - Am I missing something??
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bananamana said:
Hi guys,
CO2 has probably been discussed to death. However, I am under the impression that CO2 makes forests grow. Plants thrive off Co2 and in return for this they produce oxygen. Am I being a space cadet or am I right? Why are we being charged for creating oxygen?
The O2 in your CO2 has to come from somewhere CO2 has probably been discussed to death. However, I am under the impression that CO2 makes forests grow. Plants thrive off Co2 and in return for this they produce oxygen. Am I being a space cadet or am I right? Why are we being charged for creating oxygen?
ludo said:
bananamana said:
Hi guys,
CO2 has probably been discussed to death. However, I am under the impression that CO2 makes forests grow. Plants thrive off Co2 and in return for this they produce oxygen. Am I being a space cadet or am I right? Why are we being charged for creating oxygen?
The O2 in your CO2 has to come from somewhere CO2 has probably been discussed to death. However, I am under the impression that CO2 makes forests grow. Plants thrive off Co2 and in return for this they produce oxygen. Am I being a space cadet or am I right? Why are we being charged for creating oxygen?
bananamana said:
Yes so we are outputting good and bad stuff, except the bad stuff gets turned into even more good?
Erm, we're converting "good stuff" into "bad stuff" and the trees are converting it back. Your car (and your body) take in O2 and spit out CO2. Trees do the opposite. We're only outputting good stuff if you're a tree.
Edited by kambites on Tuesday 25th March 12:16
kambites said:
bananamana said:
Yes so we are outputting good and bad stuff, except the bad stuff gets turned into even more good?
Erm, we're converting "good stuff" into "bad stuff" and the trees are converting it back. Your car (and your body) take in O2 and spit out CO2. Trees do the opposite. We're only outputting good stuff if you're a tree.
Edited by kambites on Tuesday 25th March 12:16
bananamana said:
ludo said:
bananamana said:
Hi guys,
CO2 has probably been discussed to death. However, I am under the impression that CO2 makes forests grow. Plants thrive off Co2 and in return for this they produce oxygen. Am I being a space cadet or am I right? Why are we being charged for creating oxygen?
The O2 in your CO2 has to come from somewhere CO2 has probably been discussed to death. However, I am under the impression that CO2 makes forests grow. Plants thrive off Co2 and in return for this they produce oxygen. Am I being a space cadet or am I right? Why are we being charged for creating oxygen?
Now plants do indeed turn CO2 and H20 into sugars and release O2 again, but not fast enough to take up all of the CO2 that is being released from fossil fuels (otherwise CO2 levels in the atmosphere would not be rising). However fortunately there is more than enough O2 in the atmosphere for fossil fuel combustion not to have a significant effect on O2 levels.
However, please if we are heading towards a discussion of global warming, can it be taken to the Pie and Piston, I for one would rather the Elise forum remain a refuge of relative sanity (with the exception of Village Idiot of course)?
Edited by ludo on Tuesday 25th March 12:44
MiniDiva said:
Plants also turn O2 into CO2 at night when there is no light - I'm surprised we don't get taxed 'night tax' for plants we keep in the dark....
They turn O2 into CO2 during the day as well (it is just that they turn even more CO2 into O2 through photosynthesis than O2 to CO2 via respiration)MiniDiva said:
double
Someone paid FAR too much attention during biology!
nah, chemistry and physics were far more fun, explosives, radioactive sources and electricity, how can biology (well plant respiration at least Someone paid FAR too much attention during biology!
) compete with that?MiniDiva said:
I bet you were teachers pet, weren't you!!
My school reports would suggest otherwise!However, I am a professional
these days, but it does pay for my Elise 
ludo said:
MiniDiva said:
Plants also turn O2 into CO2 at night when there is no light - I'm surprised we don't get taxed 'night tax' for plants we keep in the dark....
They turn O2 into CO2 during the day as well (it is just that they turn even more CO2 into O2 through photosynthesis than O2 to CO2 via respiration)MilnerR said:
ludo said:
MiniDiva said:
Plants also turn O2 into CO2 at night when there is no light - I'm surprised we don't get taxed 'night tax' for plants we keep in the dark....
They turn O2 into CO2 during the day as well (it is just that they turn even more CO2 into O2 through photosynthesis than O2 to CO2 via respiration)ludo said:
MilnerR said:
ludo said:
MiniDiva said:
Plants also turn O2 into CO2 at night when there is no light - I'm surprised we don't get taxed 'night tax' for plants we keep in the dark....
They turn O2 into CO2 during the day as well (it is just that they turn even more CO2 into O2 through photosynthesis than O2 to CO2 via respiration) I'd hate to see an error go unnoticed.... Gassing Station | Elise/Exige/Europa/340R | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff