How can a cubic metre of straw bales weighing 130kg contain 145kg of atmospheric CO2?

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I don’t understand how 130kg can contain 145kg… Are there different laws for atmosphere weight compared to sea-level weight. Or are my numbers wrong?

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Carbon has a molecular weight of 12. Oxygen has a molecular weight of 16. The carbon is in your hay and will pull in oxygen from the atmosphere to make CO2 which has a molecular weight of 44.

Not all your hay is carbon but this is why the CO2 weight is higher

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