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Facts and Confusion: Carbon Fees for CO2 and Coal

Post below is an updated and expanded version of CO2 is heavier than coal. Chemistry:  Carbon is an atom with atomic weight of 12. During combustion it combines with two oxygen atoms with atomic weight each of 16. The outcome is a … Continue reading

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Climate 101: Our Critical Atmosphere

This article is the first “session” in a series that will describe the science that underlies the concerns for climate change. Most of the data below are from the book “Is the Temperature Rising” by S. George Philander. [Philander 1998] … Continue reading

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Facts and Confusion: CO2 is Heavier than Coal

Carbon is an atom with atomic weight of 12. During combustion it combines with two oxygen atoms with atomic weight each of 16. The outcome is a CO2 molecule with atomic weight of 44. The molecule that results from the … Continue reading

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