If the carbon is in my body, it's not in the atmosphere where it would contribute to climate change. Checkmate, atheists
We are all made of carbon
Submitted 10 months ago by kafka420honda@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Chetzemoka@kbin.social 10 months ago
rockerface@lemm.ee 10 months ago
So if I keep gaining weight, I’ll trap even more carbon in my body! It’s a flawless plan
Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 10 months ago
Nuh uh! You can't checkmate me if I
[Rage flips the board]
SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Negative, you are 65% oxygen, so in effect hot air. 18.5% is carbon, 10% is hydrogen.
Or by molecules, you are mostly water.
And by those metrics, the average vehicle exhaust from a year of driving contains as much carbon and oxygen as 300 humans.
badbrainstorm@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I am the cabrón you say?!?
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ay carbón
CIWS-30@kbin.social 10 months ago
Yes, you are the GOAT!
dangblingus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes. this is a truly shitty post.
Coreidan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You don’t know what carbon is do you?
Deme@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Nice schizopost
Chev@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What are you talking about? Who is them? Why would anybody care about that little bit of carbon in your body when every single human “consumes” much more every day?
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
About 17 tones of co2 is emitted per person per year in the US. That’s about 200x more carbon emitted than your whole body weight each year, not all of which is carbon. Plus that’s not even mentioning that your body weight doesn’t contribute to global warming.
FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So we’re sequestering carbon.
MxM111@kbin.social 10 months ago
Unfortunately, we are quite the opposite. We are CO2 generators.
Deme@sopuli.xyz 10 months 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.
FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well, technically, we sequester some CO2.
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Something vaguely related to this topic is the fact that countries with more laws designed to abate climate changing effects are also experiencing a slowdown in the rate with which they have children. Whereas many countries with relatively high birthrates generally do not have very strict climate standards. Overall levels of general education also play into this.
bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Correlation causation etc
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Right. There are many factors at play that lead to these outcomes, and there are always outliers
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 10 months ago
Yeah and selling ice cream leads to shark attacks 🙄
Countries with a well-educated population care more about the future of the planet and well-educated people have fewer kids. There’s no “climate childlessness” like you seem to be implying.
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Read my edit. I think I’m being misunderstood, and I don’t think I clearly communicated what I was trying to. Your second paragraph literally summarized what I was trying to convey, but I’m better at numbers and graphs than I am with words lol
irdc@derp.foo 10 months ago
Akhctually, when you burn something you oxidise it instead of reducing it.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Better than being oxidized, I guess.
Moc@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m overweight, so I wouldn’t mind
notatoad@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Speaking as one of “them”, yes. Yes you are.
bappity@lemmy.world 10 months ago
where is Jessica Hyde?
mambabasa@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
FYI, this is a right-wing dog whistle popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s now an anti-vaxxer talking point.