Where do carbon dioxide & nitrous oxide come from?

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Merrick M
Merrick Jul 21, 2008 11:50:52

Well not in the strict sense, I mean what's the raw material for industrial uses?

Given that these things are not filtered out of the atmosphere, there's gotta be a raw material that I'm guessing is likely to be fossil sourced. Which means their production and use is actively contributing to climate change.

I just blogged a musing on it, with Grufty Jim's knowledge on carbon dioxide, but as for nitrous we're totally in the dark.

http://bristlingbadger.blogspot.com/2008/07/stop-burping-stop-climate-change.html

Any ideas or info (with references) gratefully received.

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Jul 22, 2008 12:37:03
Replying to Merrick

If people want to make chemicals with nitrogen in I imagine vaguely that they use the Haber process which fixes the nitrogen in the air into ammonia. And then go from there, making whatever nitrogenous thingies you fancy. This is sheer speculation.

I could swear blind that when I was at school we watched a video about it with John Cleese explaining it all. But maybe I have imagined this totally.


But burning fossil fuel is where most of the no2 pollution comes from innit, I think.