Arctic Ice Holds Much CO2

scottie2shoes writes "The Edmonton Journal is reporting fascinating research on the role of arctic ice in absorbing carbon dioxide. It seems that (contrary to what was previously thought) arctic ice actually absorbs significant quantites of CO2 and is thus a key player in the 'greenhouse gas game'. So melting the ice caps won't just flood thousands of square miles of land and wipe out thousands of species, now it is is starting to sound serious..."

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Re:Enter the diamond age

[momerath2003]

Let me introduce to you the concept of something called "chemical bonds" and something called "energy."

Basically, different atoms are bonded together with these "chemical bonds," and the "bond energies" of these "chemical bonds" determines the stability of the compound and how much "energy" is needed to break them or is produced in creating them.

The "chemical bonds" in CO2 are quite strong, so breaking them apart to form C and O2 would require a LOT of chemical "energy" (the same "energy," in fact, produced by burning pure carbon in a pure-oxygen environment). Therefore, it is idiocy to think that one can just break apart CO2 into "diamond" and "O2."

Perhaps you don't even understand that "CO2" is [letter C - letter O - sub two], as you write [letter C - number zero - number two].

And you should know that making diamonds requires an enormous amount of pressure and energy.

Eh, I guess I have been trolled, as the level of ignorance in the parent post is surely not possible by accident.