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Carbon is the work of the devil. (web.swift.surfsara.nl)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Carbon is the work of the devil.

Last Friday, during a class about the short and long term organic #carbon cycle, a student raised his hand:

"So, 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons...", 666....carbon must be the work of the devil."

Maybe this can help us sell carbon neutrality to religious conservatives.

#EarthScience #ClimateDiary

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Carbon neutrality means carbon dioxide neutrality. Carbon is just an element and literally everything you see and don't see has some of it in it.

Also, around 2% of our sun's energy production involves the Bethe-Weizsäcker cycle which is a cyclical fusion reaction using carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. (The main source of energy production is through a proton-proton chain since our sun is too small to rely on the CNO-cycle entirely)