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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (315495)12/14/2006 10:13:55 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1584760
 
The most conservative approach is to assume CO2. Besides, CO is going to be pretty quickly oxidized.

You also don't have perfect combustion. I'm not a chemist or a coal plant engineer, but while I think most of the carbon becomes CO2, the amount that doesn't would be noticeable. Maybe 50 to 90% becomes CO2. As for most conservative approach generally that being more conservative is estimating that the effect is smaller not larger. If someone says "conservatively estimated at", they should err on the side of a lower estimate if they can't be sure of accuracy.

"I don't know about the figures for coal production."

Shrug. Find others.

I wasn't disputing them, just saying I don't know.
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