Emeritus professor of Chemistry talks about the Myths of Carbon Dioxide in his letter to the National Post.
Three myths about carbon dioxide
National Post · Jun. 6, 2011 | Last Updated: Jun. 6, 2011 2:03 AM ET
Re: Gas Prices Would Double Without Ethanol, Ken Field, May 28. Ken Field dispelled three myths surrounding ethanol. I would like to do the same for carbon dioxide.
Myth 1 Man-made CO 2 causes global warming.
Fact 1 Compared to water, CO 2 d
Fact 1 Compared to water, CO 2 does not absorb enough heat energy to be a significant greenhouse gas. There is approximately 40 times more water vapour than CO in the atmosphere.
2 Myth 2 Reducing our carbon footprint will save the Earth from global warming.
Fact 2 Man-made CO 2 is a relatively small amount to the total carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Myth 3 CO 2 is a pollutant.
Fact 3 Oxides of nitrogen and sulphur are pollutants. CO 2 is not. It is
a colourless, odourless gas that does not create smog and is essential for life on Earth.
H.F. (Gus) Shurvell, emeritus professor of chemistry , Kingston, Ont.
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