We have a carbon dioxide crisis in Australia. There is not enough of the gas produced locally. We import carbon dioxide from China, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and Italy yet we bury carbon dioxide in old hydrocarbon wells. Food grade carbon dioxide with more than 99.9 per cent carbon dioxide is used for carbonated drinks and food preservation and normally is a by-product from ammonia manufactured for fertilisers and explosives.
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