Wednesday, May 05, 2010

The Environment: CO2 and CH4

As we have discussed, CO2 is NOT a pollutant, but did you know PEOPLE are the leading cause of CO2?

Breathing produces approximately 2.3 pounds (1 kg) of carbon dioxide per day per person.
With 307,006,550 people in the United States, that comes to 706,115,065 pounds per day.
With 6,697,254,041 people in the world, that comes to 15,403,684,294 pounds per day.

One of the best ways to combat CO2? Plant A Tree!

According to this article, however, Methane could be worse than CO2 for Global Warming!

Should we become Vegetarian to reduce Methane emissions?

I think they forgot something:
Yes, livestock produces large amounts of Methane, but if we let the populations of animals go uncontrolled, how will that reduce the number of animals?
(i.e. they haven't thought this all the way through)

I propose a couple things here.
1) Plant more trees, reduce CO2 in the Atmosphere.
2) Control animal populations by eating them
3) Find ways to recover Methane from the atmosphere
4) Recycle Animal Waste (use it for fuel, etc)

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