If ''The Wretched of the Earth'' was not ''the handbook for the black revolution,'' as its publisher boasted, it was certainly a sourcebook of revolutionary slogans. (Eldridge Cleaver once said that ''every brother on a rooftop can quote Fanon.'') ''Violence,'' Fanon argued most famously, ''is a cleansing force.
Carbon dioxide is the lasing medium in a carbon dioxide laser, which is one of the earliest type of lasers. Carbon dioxide can be used as a means of controlling the pH of swimming pools, by continuously adding gas to the water, thus keeping the pH from rising. Among the advantages of this is the avoidance of handling (more hazardous) acids.
Carbon dioxide () provides the bubble in your soda pop and the rise in your baked goods. But it is also a very significant greenhouse gas. Carbon dioxide is important in maintaining the earth's average temperature of about 15Â°C (59Â°F). The traps infrared energy emitted from the earth's surface and warms the atmosphere.