tonnes of the stuff drunk every hour
and bearing in mind all the hype about the environment - how about fitting people with CO2 meters so we can tax them as they breathe...
BAN CO2 - STARVE A TREE...
2007-01-12 01:46:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
CO2 is CO2, no matter how it gets into the air - and yes Alcohol is a poison and Smoking is an intelligence test...
2007-01-12 01:58:48 · update #1
☼☺mmmm☺☼ - CO2 in Brewing Beer: it is released as part of the Brewing Process - it does not directly come from the Air, although there appears to be a Cycle there somewhere (Malt/Barley/Sugar to Air and back again)...
2007-01-12 03:45:25 · update #2
Quite agree, the gross tonnage of soft drink Co2 must add a fair
amount to the global output.
Johnny B - you are right in part, the plants and trees absorb the carbon ok, providing there are trees and plants in the first place.
Most of the rise in global Co2 is due to natural phenomena (Volcanic etc) and de-forestation of the rainforests.
2007-01-16 00:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by rookethorne 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did you get the idea that putting CO2 into soft drinks was such a problem? The issue with soft drinks relates to the amount of sugar in them not the CO2.
There are plenty of carbonated drinks that are perfectly healthy - Appeltise for example is carbonated pure apple juice and what about sparkling spring water?
The only thing CO2 will do for you is make you burp!
2007-01-12 09:55:19 · answer #2 · answered by rodandalisonthompson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Co2 is not a pollutant. A few million years Mother nature fix that problem with the introduction of plants. Plants take in CO2 and keep the C and give us back the O2. If u don't believe me go measure it . All that garbage that the CO2 has increased 30 % in telling u what they want it to be.
2007-01-12 10:49:37 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mmmm is wrong.
Union Engineering produces CO2 plants for the soft drinks industryFor soft drinks producers, the CO2 can be produced in two ways:
* Via combustion of fossile fuels (combustion based units – CBU)
*
Via extraction from existing gas sources (extraction based units – EBU)
Combustion based CO2 plants
This CO2 plant type is based on combustion of various fossile fuels such as diesel oil, heavy oil, kerosene or natural gas.
When the oil runs out...maybe fizzy drinks will be a thing of the past.
2007-01-12 10:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by newsgirlinos2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the carbonated drinks would act as a carbon sink. Any carbon dioxide put into fizzy pop would obviously not be in the atmosphere.
Unless you can prove that people who drink fizzy pop exhale more carbon dioxide, it would seem that sequestering the carbon in fizzy pop and then in fizzy pop drinkers would be a good way to bind carbon dioxide and keep it out of the atmosphere.
So, if you really care about the amount of carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere, you should demand the immediate production of MORE carbonated drinks, not less.
2007-01-12 10:56:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever asked yourself - where does the CO2 in fizzy drinks, and beer and Fire Extinguishers come from. They take it from the air, so it's a completely carbon neutral activity.
2007-01-12 10:02:24 · answer #6 · answered by ☼☺mmm☺☼ 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the carbonated drinks act as a carbon sink. Any carbon dioxide put into carbonated drinks would obviously not be in the atmosphere.
2007-01-14 09:28:05 · answer #7 · answered by Pramod 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're silly. Ever thought of being a LibDem candidate? Your lack of touch with most people's reality would be one of their key requirements, I'm sure.
2007-01-12 10:00:41 · answer #8 · answered by Ministry of Camp Revivalism 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All we need to do is ban people. That will save the world for people. Oh, wait, that can't be right.
2007-01-12 09:55:39 · answer #9 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah along with alcohol and cigarettes.
2007-01-12 09:48:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋