CCLXXIV Global Warming and Climate Change} Let's talk more, about the 50,000 gigatonnes of available carbon, that is left for all life on the planet!

First, how do scientist's come up with around 50,000 gigatonnes of available carbon left on the planet? Some of the amounts can be directly measured, how much there is in the atmosphere is one of the most researched numbers on the planet! That figure of 415 parts per million equals around 800 gigatonnes of carbon, in the form of carbon dioxide. 560 gigatonnes in plant and animal life are based on both satellite images for how much plant life is on the planet during the year and measurements that were taken by hundreds of people every year all around the planet. How much soil carbon, is taken by averaging soil carbon from all over the globe this amount is said to be 1,500 gigatonnes. The amount of "fossil Fuels" is the amount of "known" reserves found by mainly oil accompanying who has been looking as far and fast as they can, that amount is estimated at 4,000 gigatonnes (The carbon sequestrated in fossil fuels would only become available if mankind continues to make use of it.) The largest amount on the planet is stored in the waters of the planet, mainly in the oceans, this amount is said to be around 39,000 gigatonnes, for a total of around 45,860 gigatonnes. Remember one gigatonne is one billion tons, sound like a lot doesn't it? Carbon locked away from the ability of life to use, is well over 100,000,000 gigatonnes. What do I mean carbon locked away from the ability of life to use? The amount of carbon on the planet has not changed, since the planet first came together around 4.5 billion years ago, but back then it was not locked away from use in rocks such as limestone, I am relatively sure that it was almost all in the gas form of carbon dioxide, available in the atmosphere! What, how could that much carbon dioxide be in the atmosphere at one time? Look at our sister planet, Venus, not only is it's atmosphere 92 times as thick as the Earth's atmosphere, but it is almost only made up of carbon dioxide (96%) This is what our planet's atmosphere was like 4.5 billion years ago, only with water also saturated with the same amount of carbon, perhaps in other variations such as calcium carbonates? Once life became embedded on this planet, around 3 billion years ago, sequestration of carbon by both erosion, and the death and deep burial of both plant life and ocean life, the slow loss of the very thick atmosphere started! There is now less than 1 part in 2,000,000 of once was "available" carbon on the planet. Scientists estimate that the planet sequestrates around 10 gigatonnes of carbon every year, and the actions of a hot core, returns around 3 gigatonnes of carbon every year. Without mankind's addition of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere, then the planet would still be losing 7 gigatonnes every year and the planet would have entered into another, and final ice-age around 2,000-3,000 years ago. We did not knowingly, cause this to happen, but our use of fire to keep warm and our farming practices to be able to grow enough food to support our growing population had the effect of putting off the planet from entering the next and as I say the final, never-ending ice-age. (If mankind had instead been "Elves" who could sing plants into growing their food in a forest environment, the planet would already be deep into the final ice-age, and the "Elves" would all be living far from the approaching ice, safe for the time being)! As always I can be reached at 402-890-7946, or by g-mail, at  daniel.kadavy212@gmail.com  Or if you wish to continue reading more go to   https://lifecycleofaplanet.blogspot.com    Thank you and tell others about the crazy guy from Nebraska who knows how to repair the planet the one and only way Dan.