Thursday, November 22, 2007
Illuminating carbon's unified energy
Arguments about striving for a carbon-free economy are ignorant.
It should never be forgotten that a carbon economy underpins life on earth.
Next to the spark of life, the greatest marvel is the plant. We must remember our childhood awe at seeing the shoot from the seed push through the soil, raise itself into the air and turn green by nightfall.
This turning green indicates two things, interdependent, but vital for life: Firstly, that the plant is capturing solar energy from that virtually inexhaustible supplier, the sun. Secondly, in this process the plant is taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water from the soil and forming carbohydrates.
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