This is the second in a three part enviromental series regarding our natural resources and their depletion. Carbon is the most essential element of all life forms. We are carbon. We've all heard our mothers say, "I brought you into this world and I can take you out." Carbon, the mother of our invention is now doing her part to do just that; take us right back out as she bonds with oxygen destoying our ecosystem. Of course, it's our own fault, we did not play by the rules.