go to the distilleries one day and look at the trees and maybe the buildings.
They are black. They are coated with a fungus that grows in an atmosphere rich in CO2.
The distillation process releases prodigious quantities of CO2.
Yes. I drove through an “iffy” neighborhood in Bardstown and there were cars parked in driveways that had not been driven for a while that were black with the stuff. Even the windows.
The buildings in which they store the barrels are black at the bottom (two to six feet) from the stuff as well.
But I was surprised to see so much of it in residential neighborhoods.