Exactly! The insane "war on carbon" is the war on all organic life, flora and fauna on this planet Earth.
From Shine on you crazy diamond: why humans are carbon-based lifeforms - SA, by S.E. Gould, 2012 November 11
As well as being the main element in organic matter, carbon atoms are the only element in both graphite and diamond. **
It would be impossible for life on earth to exist without carbon. Carbon is the main component of sugars, proteins, fats, DNA, muscle tissue, pretty much everything in your body. The reason carbon is so special is down to the electron configuration of the individual atoms. Electrons exist in concentric 'shells' around the central nucleus and carbon has four electrons in its outermost shell. As the most stable thing for an atom to have is eight electrons, this means that each carbon can form four bonds with surrounding atoms.
Each bond in the above molecule is formed by the sharing of two electrons; one from the carbon and one from the hydrogen. The ability to form four bonds isn't restricted to carbon though, it's a property of every atom with four outer electrons, including silicon, tin and lead. What's special about carbon, and the reason that silicon-based lifeforms are restricted to science fiction (and lead-based lifeforms are hardly ever mentioned) is that it can form double-bonds which share more than one electron with another atom ..... < snip >
Why is carbon able to do this while silicon can't? Although the bonds are all drawn as straight lines in the diagram above, in real life not all bonds are equal. The double bond consists of two different types of bond. ..... < snip >
So why can carbon and not silicon manage this double-bond trick? The answer lies in the size. Carbon is the smallest of all the atoms with four outermost electrons, which means that the electrons in the above-and-below orbitals are close enough to overlap and form that second bond. For silicon however, there are more electron orbitals in the way, the entire atom is bigger, and it is almost impossible for the outer orbitals to get close enough to form a double bond. This is why carbon dioxide is a small gaseous molecule consisting of two oxygens both forming a double bond with a single carbon while silicon dioxide is a massive behemoth of a molecule made of huge numbers of alternating oxygen and silicon atoms and is more commonly known as sand.
You can just about get silicon-silicon double bonds if you try hard, but they are fairly unstable and will take any chance they can to loose that double-bond in favour of forming another single one. Carbon-carbon double bonds on the other hand form naturally and easily, and are crucial for every living organism on earth. ..... < snip >
One can just search "carbon-based life" to see why carbon (and carbon dioxide) is not the enemy but is essential to the mankind.
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** Superstrong and flexible graphene, carbyne, penta-graphene, phagraphene, which consist of only carbon molecules are newly discovered materials, and are actually fairly cheap to produce from coal — a cheap and abundant source of carbon.
Not to mention the strong but lightweight materials like carbon nanotubes, carbon fiber, carbon plastic, carbon materials used in packaging, like AirCarbon) etc. etc.
Carbyne: Material could be Stronger than Graphene, Diamond - Sci-News, 2013 October 10
Bill Gates condom challenge 'to be met' by graphene scientists - BBC, 2013 November 20
A significant breakthrough in graphene synthesis could lead to new flexible and wearable electronics - ED, 2014 July 23
EU Bets a Billion on Fantastic Voyage Exploiting Graphene - Sci-News, 2014 September 04
Germanene: European Scientists Synthesize New Cousin of Graphene - Sci-News, 2014 September 10
Road Rave: How graphene, a nearly magic material, could revolutionize automobiles - FoxNews, 2015 January 02
Penta-Graphene: Scientists Discover New Allotrope of Carbon - Sci-News, 2015 February 05
Imperfect Graphene Could Lead to Better Fuel Cells, Water Filters - Sci-News, 2015 March 17
Researchers Create 'Light Bulb' with Graphene Filament - Sci-News, 2015 June 11
Phagraphene: Scientists Discover New Structural Variant of Carbon - Sci-News, 2015 September 02
Thank you, well said. This nonsense about carbon is only meant for one thing—control, control by whomever sees fit to make money on fraudulent science, whether it be Al Gore, that nut case in Canada, the Feds, or anyone else, it is all about control, money and confiscation—nothing else.Truth? No one has any time for that anymore.