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   Bret Cahill to All   
   Re: 700 Tons of Carbonic Acid vs 1 Ton o   
   10 May 18 09:21:05   
   
   From: BretCahill@aol.com   
      
   > >  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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