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This sucks actually. The article actually points to fossil fuel usage as being the actual driver of climate change. You can search for the article yourself, here’s the text within:
In one day, the average person breathes out around 500 litres of the greenhouse gas CO2 – which amounts to around 1kg in mass. This doesn’t sound much until you take into account the fact that the world’s population is around 6.8 billion, collectively breathing out around 2500 million tonnes of the stuff each year – which is around 7 per cent of the annual CO2 tonnage churned out by the burning of fossil fuel around the world.
So, on the face of it, we humans are a significant contributor to global warming. But, in reality, the CO2 we’re breathing out is part of a natural cycle, by which our bodies convert carbohydrates from CO2-absorbing plants into energy, plus water and CO2. As such, we’re not adding any extra CO2. In contrast, burning fossil fuels like coal releases CO2 which has been locked up for millions of years, producing a net contribution to global warming.
As usual, you have to ask if the author is an absolute moron, a lying piece of shit, or both.
Soooo… it still sounds to me like you’re saying that breath from people who burn more fossil fuels has an outsized impact?
I feel like this just proves my point around needing to prioritize who stops.
now ur usin ur noggin
Breathing doesn’t contribute anything at all to climate change. Unlike burning fossil fuels, breathing doesn’t add additional carbon to the carbon cycle.
Some people, by continuing to breath, have an outsized effect compared to others.
Clearly the issue here is just prioritizing who stops breathing.



