One of the things that keep coming out of the multitude of environmental related blog posts or news articles is a sort of emphasis of how Carbon is a Bad Thing™. You see a lot of “carbon is to blame”, “carbon is evil”, “carbon is the culprit”, “zero carbon” and so on. Now those people know exactly what they mean by speaking harshly about Carbon, but I wonder if the message comes across as intended.
We need to remember that life on earth is first and foremost, carbon-based. From tiny algae to sequoias, from plancton to humans, carbon is our main building block, it’s within ourselves, in the food we eat and in the air we breathe. Carbon is the 4th most common element in the entire universe.
