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PdxSean

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1. Science and math.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 06:48 PM

Sep 2017

Call me slow, but how can 2 billions tons of matter turn into 7 billion tons of matter? Does something released in burning coal combine with something in the air to increase the weight?

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1912 article about coal and climate [View all] underpants Sep 2017 OP

Science and math. PdxSean Sep 2017 #1

Oxygen combines with carbon to make carbon dioxide marylandblue Sep 2017 #2

Danke'! PdxSean Sep 2017 #3

Specifically, 12 tons of carbon combine with 32 tons of O2 to form 44 tons of CO2. eppur_se_muova Sep 2017 #10

That's fine but it pales with natural sources of carbon dioxide. former9thward Sep 2017 #4

Natural sources were in equilibrium with natural sinks marylandblue Sep 2017 #5

So the 800 billion tons was perfect. former9thward Sep 2017 #9

Yes the 800 billion tons was perfect marylandblue Sep 2017 #12

..and we've destroyed many of the sinks. roamer65 Sep 2017 #13

marylandblue has the right of it. TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #6

Fake News Takket Sep 2017 #7

Snopes notes this is true and has the Popular Mechanics article from 1912 this one was based on. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #8

Thanks ! nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2017 #11