How does the CO2 in softdrinks effect global warming? Millions of cans a day being opened around the world?

Answer 1

It all contributes but the amount is tiny in comparison to other contributing factors. Let's say a billion cans were opened each day and each one released as much as a gram of CO2, each year this would contribute 365,000 tons of CO2 - not much compared to the overall total of 29,000,000,000 tons per year.

Answer 2

CO2 is non-toxic to humans and essential for plants. Without CO2 all plant life on earth would die and all animals that eat plants would starve. I think it's worth mentioning because with all the hype about global warming some people get the idea that CO2 is bad for the environment. Please don't forget that without CO2 we all starve.

CO2 is not the main cause of global warming, it may be a contributing factor.

Answer 3

The CO2 in soft drinks comes from carbon that was already around. They take carbon from... actually I'm not sure where... but from things that were already in circulation in the biosphere. So the carbon that's released from soft drinks is not adding anything to the earth's atmosphere overall.
Fossil fuels are a different story: their carbon was locked away from the biosphere for millions of years, and now suddenly, we're releasing fairly significant amounts of it into the air.

Answer 4

this is nothing relatively to the CO2 made by internal combustion engines and forest fire around the world, further more this CO2 is cold to start with so it will not go to upper lyres of the atmosphere.

Answer 5

So insignifiagantly that no one cares. Open a can of sprite in a sealed garage your gonna live. Start a car in one. <--- Thats not a point, it's a command. Go start a car in a sealed garage. I'm tired of you. You bore me.

Answer 6

I don't think carbon dioxide is causing any problems. I would also guess that it's just the O2 (oxygen) that is escaping from the can. You may be thinking about carbon monoxide from exhaust and other pollution.