Carbon? Huh? What Happened To Carbon Dioxide??
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 02. 3.07
Piers Fawkes of PSFK raises an interesting point on his blog at Club of Pioneers. Since when did carbon, a black heavy solid or clear expensive diamond, become a problem? Was it not Carbon Dioxide? When did the terminology change? "Something odd is happening in the eco-lexicon and I'm not too sure I like it too much. Carbon Dioxide is being replaced by the word Carbon in messaging and I'm not too sure I'm that happy about using a simpler phrase that's scientifically incorrect."
He asked me, who deferred to John Laumer. Read the answers at ::Club of Pioneers
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