[AusRace] Clean carbon

[John Doepel]

And Peter,

The oceans and oceanic life handle increased CO2 concentrations well.
Shell fish absorb dissolved CO2 to make shells, which become limestone -
tens of thousands of metres of in the rock strata.

No dissolved CO2 - no sea shells.

Cheers,

John


-----Original Message-----
From: ausrace-bounces at ausrace.com [mailto:ausrace-bounces at ausrace.com] On
Behalf Of John Lavett
Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2009 6:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [AusRace] Clean carbon

and the correct term is "decreasing alkalinity" 

-----Original Message-----
From: ausrace-bounces at ausrace.com [mailto:ausrace-bounces at ausrace.com] On
Behalf Of Peter Faulks
Sent: Thursday, 2 July 2009 11:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [AusRace] Clean carbon

On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 11:21 +1000, John Lavett wrote:
> Peter Faulks wrote:
> 
> >> It increases the acidity of the oceans for a start.
> 
> The oceans are not acidic, they are alkaline.

OK, I worded that badly.

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