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One of the ingredients of soda is carbon dioxide. As we know, carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. Does that mean that by opening up a can of soda, you are contributing to global warming? Obviously these are relatively small amounts, but if you drink a can of soda (or seltzer) everyday can it impact the environment?

For the sake of the question, disregard the fossil fuels it takes to ship the sodas and the metals it takes to make the soda can; I'm interested in the impact of the carbon dioxide itself.

2006-07-04 03:28:05 · 8 answers · asked by mbtafan 3 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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think about it. is burning fossil fuels worse than opening a can of soda? 1 puts CO2, CO, and other assorted gasses into the atmosphere and in some places the atmosphere, and the other makes soda (and beer) fizzy. You're body does absorb some of the gas (it's in relation to cellular breathing look up the heme cycle for more info) so not all is released.

Any CO2 has the potential to pollute, but there isn't enough in soda to make that much of a difference. Driving you're car to the store to buy the soda has a bigger impact than opening the case of soda so relax and enjoy the soda because there isn't that much CO2 in each soda to begin with. We usually drink soda cold and since it's cold CO2 is more soluble so not as much is release as you think. I used to know how much was in there, and it shocked me to think of how little there actually was (that information has slipped from my brain so I can't give you the exact figure). Check with a bottling company if you want exact figures. They put it in there so they know.

2006-07-04 06:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 2 3

To answer you question, basically no.

Carbon dioxide is an atmospheric gas comprised of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. A very widely known chemical compound, it is frequently known by its formula CO2. In its solid state, it is commonly called dry ice. Atmospheric carbon dioxide derives from multiple natural sources including volcanic outgassing, the combustion of organic matter, and the respiration processes of living aerobic organisms; man-made sources of carbon dioxide come mainly from the burning of various fossil fuels for power generation and transport use. It is also produced by various microorganisms from fermentation and cellular respiration. Plants utilize carbon dioxide during photosynthesis, using both the carbon and the oxygen to construct carbohydrates. In addition, plants also release oxygen to the atmosphere, which is subsequently used for respiration by heterotrophic organisms, forming a cycle. It is present in the Earth's atmosphere at a low concentration and acts as a greenhouse gas. It is a major component of the carbon cycle.

2006-07-04 03:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by Country Boy 5 · 0 0

it really is a image chemical belongings of CO2 and different greenhouse gases. they enable seen gentle to bypass through them yet they take up ir gentle. Any new CO2 presented to the ambience has that result, even if the in straightforward words carbon it truly is of problem is carbon it truly is being presented that has not been there contained in the present previous. So if the source of the CO2 is from carbon it truly is at present in our carbon cycle then the answer is not any as a results of the indisputable fact that carbon would were released into the ambience anyhow. If even if the CO2 comes from old carbon that replaced into previously not in our lively carbon cycle then definite it would make a contribution to global warming, even if it will be somewhat negligible.

2016-11-05 21:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Yes because when you drink soda you get gas and when you burp and fart, methane is released.

--then again that CH4 came from someplace, it was not just magically created, so whether its where it started or coming out your bum, its still the same amount of CH4.

2006-07-04 03:32:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes it contains co2 which is harmful to the ozone layer.

2006-07-04 03:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Nick 2 · 0 0

No idea

2006-07-04 03:30:15 · answer #6 · answered by green 2 · 0 0

I don't think so

2006-07-04 08:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by Red Fox 2 · 0 0

don't think so

2006-07-04 03:30:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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