Comment on We are all made of carbon

FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• MxM111@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Unfortunately, we are quite the opposite. We are CO2 generators.

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  • Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The CO2 we breathe out is a rounding error compared to the emissions from our fossil fuel use. It’s frankly laughable to even compare the two.

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    • Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My super power is methane emission.

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      • empireOfLove@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Emissions double on Taco Tuesday.

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    • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I never said we were good at it.

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    • MxM111@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So, why do you do it then?

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      • Deme@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I didn’t bring it up. The meme posted by OP did because it’s a schizopost implying that the evil lizard people want to genocide the common people to preserve the climate.

        Your comment was talking about the fact that humans exhale CO2 as an unfortunate fact. I agree with that in and of itself, but in the context of the post one could definitely get the idea that you’re propagating the malthusian and exaggerated assumption that the meme is built on.

        If there’s no people exhaling CO2, then who would be left to enjoy the infinitessimally better state of the climate?

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  • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, technically, we sequester some CO2.

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    • MxM111@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Technically, we sequester zero CO2. We only consume already sequestered carbon. We do not convert even single molecule of CO2 in to carbon.

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      • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        We sequester it for a brief time and are very bad at it.

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      • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Unless we have tiny amounts photosynthesizing algie or something similar living in our hair.

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