Save the planet, hold your breath

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• ceenote@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Based on the pattern of, well, everything else, the most benefit would come if the billionaires stop breathing first.

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  • ladicius@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pretty sure you’ll find scientific evidence supporting this stance.

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• vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

  I guess you could’ve been less angry if you were able to read past the first paragraph

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  • toast@retrolemmy.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Over the years, I’ve put on a few pounds. The way I figure it, I’m sequestering carbon.

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  • SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But those are only half truths. They’re omitting the fact, that a lot of the biomass we’re eating comes from farming. Those plants that collect carbon dioxide from the atmosphere use a lot of synthetic fertilizers to grow, which itself uses A LOT of fossil energy to be produced. A lot of that plant biomass is fed to livestock to produce different kinds of foods that the market^TM^ demands, while emitting methane and ammonia and nitrous oxides, some of which are far worse greenhouse gasse, than CO2.

    And then there’s the whole issue of food waste and bullshit products you can buy at the supermarket that might contribute a little bit to your ability to exhale CO2 but come with insane amounts of useless packaging (made from petrol, and the best case scenario for them is, that they’re going to be burned in a waste incinerator later).

    People breathing is breaking the natural carbon cycle in lots of places, and part of the problem is, that they are being fed by capitalism.

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    • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Very insightful. Now deliver it in rage bait format so more people understand

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  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Infowars style of article reading

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• JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ecofacism. Again.

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• Krinkil2705@lemmygrad.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Therefore, we must tax the rich for every breath they take.

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