Reply to: Greenhouse gas levels rising at fastest rate since 1984

[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 ... :-)

[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

OMPQ

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[Troll]

Shouldn't we just ban poncy sparkling mineral water?

[EternalOptimist]

Was thinking more along the lines of 1 person produces circa 500kg (with lots of caveats) exhaled CO2 per year

2.5 billion * 500kg = 125 000 000 000 kgs which seems a big number..

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

[Troll]

Get away with your reasoned and logic arguments...

but that is an extra 2.5 billion people all radiating at 37.1 degrees - - got to have some input I reckon.

Was thinking more along the lines of 1 person produces circa 500kg (with lots of caveats) exhaled CO2 per year

2.5 billion * 500kg = 125 000 000 000 kgs which seems a big number..

[BrilloPad]

Whoever came up with that heist was a fracking genius
I suspect only found out due to getting greedy otherwise could have tapped that pipe for years

There must be several similar distribution pipelines dotted around just waiting to be tapped

This is what happens in Nigeria. Then the guardian complains that Shell pollute the environment with loads of oil leaks.....

[Troll]

Didn't that happen at Nick Clegg's house at Chevening recently?

Whoever came up with that heist was a fracking genius
I suspect only found out due to getting greedy otherwise could have tapped that pipe for years

There must be several similar distribution pipelines dotted around just waiting to be tapped

[BrilloPad]

Yes. and while we are on the subject of frakking, do you want to hear my great idea ?

of course you do.

Frakking right, you drill down a mile or so, then you go horizontal for a few miles, right ?

so what we do is this. Support the yes vote, after independance, drill down then across the border. suck them dry, then act all innocent. fill the 'oles in afterwards, obviously

Didn't that happen at Nick Clegg's house at Chevening recently?

I wonder if he has an alibi?

[CheeseSlice]

we need to eat more cows - they fart and cause methane apparently.....

no, we need to invent a kind of catalytic converter for cows, that converts methane into pine air freshener

[vetran]

Yes. and while we are on the subject of frakking, do you want to hear my great idea ?

of course you do.

Frakking right, you drill down a mile or so, then you go horizontal for a few miles, right ?

so what we do is this. Support the yes vote, after independance, drill down then across the border. suck them dry, then act all innocent. fill the 'oles in afterwards, obviously

gives us somewhere to dump the nuclear waste as well.

love it, don't tell King Alex.

[original PM]

Anything to do with the world population rising from 4.5 - 7 billion in that time?

Get away with your reasoned and logic arguments...

but that is an extra 2.5 billion people all radiating at 37.1 degrees - - got to have some input I reckon.

[Troll]

Anything to do with the world population rising from 4.5 - 7 billion in that time?

[original PM]

we need to eat more cows - they fart and cause methane apparently.....

[Scrag Meister]

Yes. and while we are on the subject of frakking, do you want to hear my great idea ?

of course you do.

Frakking right, you drill down a mile or so, then you go horizontal for a few miles, right ?

so what we do is this. Support the yes vote, after independance, drill down then across the border. suck them dry, then act all innocent. fill the 'oles in afterwards, obviously

Drilling, sucking and filling holes. FFS we are talking about Green house gases!!!!!

[EternalOptimist]

I suppose the upside of posting a thread on AGW is that it will relieve us from the effing Scottish Independence garbage.

Yes. and while we are on the subject of frakking, do you want to hear my great idea ?

of course you do.

Frakking right, you drill down a mile or so, then you go horizontal for a few miles, right ?

so what we do is this. Support the yes vote, after independance, drill down then across the border. suck them dry, then act all innocent. fill the 'oles in afterwards, obviously