Ann: Cooper Energy to be carbon neutral in 2020, page-8

Carbon neutral??

What absolute piffle!!

So, their staff are carbon neutral too?

Surely they mean carbon DIOXIDE neutral. Methane even?
It's a pity the climate bandwagon can't use the right terminology.

"No element is more essential to life than carbon, because only carbon forms strong single bonds to itself that are stable enough to resist chemical attack under ambient conditions. This give carbon the ability to form long chains and rings of atoms, which are the structural basis for many compounds that comprise the living cell, of which the most important is DNA.

Big quantities of carbon are found in the form of compounds. Carbon is present in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide in 0,03% in volume. Several minerals, like limestone, dolomite, gypsum and marble, contain carbonates. All the plants and live animals are formed by complex organic compounds where carbon is combined with hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and other elements. The remains of live plants and animals form deposits: of petroleum, asphalt and bitumen. The natural gas deposits contain compounds formed by carbon and hydrogen."

Environmental effects of carbon

No negative environmental effects have been reported.

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