Can these fellows save us from the "dangerous" gas that makes bread rise and champagne sparkle?

Ahmadinejad to get U.N. podium - - POLITICO.com

COPENHAGEN –Iranian Prime Minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe plan to address negotiators at international climate talks in Copenhagen next week.

Sparkling wine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. The carbon dioxide may result from natural fermentation, (either in a bottle, as with the méthode champenoise, or in a large tank designed to withstand the pressures involved (as in the Charmat process) or as a result of carbon dioxide injection. The classic example of a sparkling wine is Champagne...

Why Does Bread Rise?

This "bread rising" happens when the yeast and honey are mixed together, the yeast feeds on the honey and gives off a gas, called carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide gets trapped in the bread dough, causing the dough to rise and helping give our bread its wonderful taste!