Carbon/co2. How much is there and where is it?

[dc51]

Now that climategate has shown that the science is certainly not settled, perhaps now some real research can be carried out.
I would consider myself a skeptic, but that doesn't mean I'm an unbeliever, so I'd like to find out the truth about Carbon and its effect on the Earth.
Other then fossil fuel that that we burn where else is carbon stored or buried on earth? What percentage of it do we, or could we possibly, burn?
How can any current and future proxy data on past climate and climatic conditions including levels of Co2 be seen to be accurate and trustworthy? Let 's see if we can actually get to the truth and the researchers not try to prove a particular hypothesis.
DC

[curiousgeorge]

Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen. It is present in all known lifeforms, and in the human body carbon is the second most abundant element by mass (about 18.5%) after oxygen. This abundance, together with the unique diversity of organic compounds and their unusual polymer-forming ability at the temperatures commonly encountered on Earth, make this element the chemical basis of all known life.

Do you understand now why sane people get so upset over plans to try to control and tax it?

[scpg02]

Here is a good report put together by Ferdinand Engelbeen.

I have seen some disagreement with him over whether the CO2 incease can be attributed to anthropogenic sources. That said, I believe Ferdinand is correct in sourcing the CO2 increase. He is not an AGW advocate however believing that the CO2 increase has little effect, if any, on our temperatures.

CO2 MEASUREMENTS

[dc51]

Feb 13, 2010 0:14:14 GMT scpg02 said:

Here is a good report put together by Ferdinand Engelbeen.

I have seen some disagreement with him over whether the CO2 incease can be attributed to anthropogenic sources. That said, I believe Ferdinand is correct in sourcing the CO2 increase. He is not an AGW advocate however believing that the CO2 increase has little effect, if any, on our temperatures.

CO2 MEASUREMENTS

Thanks for the link, It'll take me time to digest it and it's time for bed now, so I'll get back to it tomorrow
DC

[scpg02]

Feb 13, 2010 1:34:09 GMT dc51 said:

Feb 13, 2010 0:14:14 GMT scpg02 said:

Here is a good report put together by Ferdinand Engelbeen.

I have seen some disagreement with him over whether the CO2 incease can be attributed to anthropogenic sources. That said, I believe Ferdinand is correct in sourcing the CO2 increase. He is not an AGW advocate however believing that the CO2 increase has little effect, if any, on our temperatures.

CO2 MEASUREMENTS

Thanks for the link, It'll take me time to digest it and it's time for bed now, so I'll get back to it tomorrow
DC

You are most welcome.

[hairball]

Another positive feedback bites the dust.

In 2005 it was reported in the science journal Nature that over the past 25 years 100m tonnes of carbon dioxide had been released by the soil of England and Wales. The figure cancelled out all emissions cuts in the UK since 1990.

However, a national survey of the soils of Great Britain, funded by the department for environment food and rural affairs, claims to have found no net loss of carbon over approximately the same period.

[northsphinx]

A good start is wiki on the Carbon Cycle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle



In short of the total flux of more than 200 Gt C/year between the atmosphere and land/ocean is just a handful or 5-6 Gt/C year from fossil fuels.

The natural yearly flux variances is larger than yearly fossil released CO2.