Greenhouse gas levels rising at fastest rate since 1984

[vetran]

It is a big number. indeedy

in fact its all these big numbers that make the whole thing so scary

here are some EO numbers :-




Number of molecules in the atmosphere 1*10^44

Number of CO2 @400 ppm = 4*10^40 molecules

Anthropogenic CO2 @ 4% = 1.6 *10^39 molecules

Per person @ 7 billion = 2 * 10^29 molecules produced per person

CO2 per breath = .036 grams

CO2 exhaled in a lifetime = 2*10^6 grams = 2.8*10^28 molecules
1 gram of CO2 = 1.4 * 10^22

What you are producing in a lifetime (sans breathing) = c. 10 molecules

Per bottle of beer @ 1.8 grams CO2 = 2.5*10^22 molecules


Keep a beer in the fridge and save the planet

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[pjclarke]

It is a big number. indeedy

in fact its all these big numbers that make the whole thing so scary

here are some EO numbers :-




Number of molecules in the atmosphere 1*10^44

Number of CO2 @400 ppm = 4*10^40 molecules

Anthropogenic CO2 @ 4% = 1.6 *10^39 molecules

Per person @ 7 billion = 2 * 10^29 molecules produced per person

CO2 per breath = .036 grams

CO2 exhaled in a lifetime = 2*10^6 grams = 2.8*10^28 molecules
1 gram of CO2 = 1.4 * 10^22

What you are producing in a lifetime (sans breathing) = c. 10 molecules

Per bottle of beer @ 1.8 grams CO2 = 2.5*10^22 molecules


Keep a beer in the fridge and save the planet

4% is a factor of 7 out. And the CO2 we exhale is part of the natural carbon cycle that has been in balance for millenia - it came from plants and animals, not from long-buried fossils dug out of the ground and burned.

But a beer sounds good ... :-)