Carbon Dioxide
Definitions
Colorless, odorless gas produced by the combustion of fossil fuels, contributing to climate change.
Gerry community context
Related mailing-list messages and current discussions from Gerry. These are community context for the dictionary term.
- Re: Fire Extinguishers
Historical mailing list · Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:42:30 -0500
...This does not work on magnesium fires because magnesium atoms can suck the oxygen right out of the carbon dioxide molecule and keep burning...
- My Carbon Forehead Print (on my screen)
Historical mailing list · Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:45:28 -0500
...The amount of carbon dioxide we are talking about is less than a tenth of 1 percent of all of the "carbon emissions" that...
- Re: My Carbon Forehead Print (on my screen)
Historical mailing list · Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:23:14 -0500
...I know how to do that, > > let's make more carbon emissions because that is what trees breathe > in > > (carbon dioxide). Darn straight. We...
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