On the other hand, if water containing Ca HCO3 2 liberates carbon dioxide, calcium carbonate may again be deposited.Ca HCO3 2 (aqueous) → CaCO3 + CO2 + H2O These depositions of calcium carbonate are what are known as stalactites and stalagmites, beautiful formations found in caves and caverns.
It is only when large quantities of water flush away carbon dioxide or keep its partial pressure low that carbonate-silicate reactions take place and liberate carbon dioxide.
But some, like "Liberated Carbon," are Dot Earth fare.
They say that things are getting hot but, hey, we've got A.C. Liberated carbon, it'll spin your wheels.
I hope that the touches of humor in "Liberated Carbon" might help diffuse some of the angst some feel.
We sent an army to the desert to keep this country free, And to liberate some carbon, baby, for you and me… Liberated carbon it'll spin your wheels.
Addendum: Just in case you missed it awhile back, here's "Liberated Carbon," my three-minute song and video charting humanity's carbon journey:.
Revkin: I don't recall exactly how or when I recognized the musicality in the phrase "liberated carbon," but that song grew out of an eagerness to attack the amazing story of humanity's energy history in a fresh way.
Turner, here's video of my performance of "Liberated Carbon," my short musical history of humanity's love affair with fossil fuels, at the ScienceOnline Climate conference in Washington, D.C., yesterday.
As Baylor Fox-Kemper's nomination suggests Andrew Revkin's Liberated Carbon provides some geological background, and Melissa Etheridge's passionate anthem to personal responsibility, I Need To Wake Up, was used in Al Gore's influential climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
