Do carbonated beverages add to CO2 production which affects global warming?
— Drew Mehlman of Winwood, Penn. — Layke: Well, what’s interesting about the carbonation in our beverages is that we actually are mining for that CO2. We’re emitting it all over the place, but we’re mining for the CO2 in our beverages. And in fact this is a very small portion of the overall CO2 that is emitted into the atmosphere. Siegel: What do you mean by we’re mining for that CO2? Layke: We actually go underground to tap reservoirs of CO2 from underground storage. Many companies actually could bottle and share or distribute their CO2 but the market price and the distribution systems haven’t been in place. Since we’ve seen a huge boom in population in the 20th century, how much of an impact has that had – just the sheer amount of people that have been seen on the globe? — Joel Kearns from Kent, Wash. — Harris: That’s been a very major factor. I mean, 60 years ago, there were what, 2.5 billion people on the planet? There are 6.5 billion now? And in 20 more years, there could be 8 or
