Carbon The Element of Life on Earth and Other Carbon Information

All the recent media attention about "carbon" and the extra taxes passed to reduce "carbon" emissions tend to omit an importent point. They should be using the full title Carbon Dioxide Emissions rather than just carbon.

Carbon is a chemical element that has the symbol C and atomic number 6. An abundant nonmetallic, tetravalent element, carbon has several allotropic forms.

As the free element it forms allotropes from differing kinds of carbon-carbon bonds, such as in graphite and diamond. Coal is the main source of carbon in mineral form, containing up 95% of carbon in Anthracite. Recently discovered nanostructured forms called fullerenes that include buckyballs such as C60, nanotubes, and nanofibers. Because of their high strength-to-weight ratio, it is hoped that many of these carbon compounds will soon be practical for use in advanced structural composite materials. [source]

The abundance of carbon in the universe, along with the unusual polymer-forming ability of carbon-based compounds at the common temperatures encountered on Earth, make this element the basis of the chemistry of all known life.

So, not all things "carbon" are bad. In fact many companies around the world develop carbon based products in many applications.

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