Combustion is a type of oxidation reaction because it involves the addition of oxygen to a substance, resulting in the loss of electrons and an increase in oxidation state. In combustion, the fuel reacts with oxygen to produce heat, light and oxidised products, such as carbon dioxide and water.
The plumes of “smoke” you see coming out of towers that are used as the poster child for “climate change” is water vapour, not CO2, Prof. Salby said.
It is also water vapour that you see coming out of car exhausts on a cold morning. And the same process of oxidation powers the human body. In this process, CO2 cannot be produced without simultaneously producing water vapour. CO2 and water are the products of perfect combustion.
Methane, for example, is a simple fuel. In the combustion of methane, for every molecule of CO2 produced, two molecules of water vapour are produced.
Appalachian coal is an example of a more complex fuel. In its combustion, for every three CO2 molecules produced, two molecules of water vapour are produced.
“In regard to climate, whether the ratio of water vapour to CO2 is two to one or two to three really doesn’t matter,” Prof. Salby said. He explained why it doesn’t matter using the opacity of infrared radiation....<<<Read More>>>...
