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   Theodore Heise to Bret Cahill   
   Re: 700 Tons of Carbonic Acid vs 1 Ton o   
   07 May 18 12:12:51   
   
   From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Sun, 6 May 2018 20:09:20 -0700 (PDT),   
     Bret Cahill  wrote:   
   >  Assume 20X more CO2 is emitted from ships than SO2 from ships   
   >  then consider 33X more CO2 is coming from other petroleum   
   >  sources than CO2 from ships then you get the ratio of CO2 to   
   >  SO2 ~ 33 X 20 or 660 in petroluem.  (Ignore SO2 and CO2 from   
   >  coal, nat. gas and volcanoes.)   
   >   
   >  What lowers ocean pH more?  The SO2 from petroleum or the CO2   
   >  from petroleum?   
   >   
   >  Does a large amount of weak acid lower ocean pH more than the   
   >  much smaller amount of the strong acid?   
      
      
   Hmm.  Sounds like a homework problem.   
      
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   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
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