• applebusch (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    18·
    10 hours ago

    capitalists:

    people arent having enough babies! we need you in the office 24/7! your breathing is causing global warming! produce value and then die you pieces of shit!

  • ceenote@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    17 hours ago

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

  • cub Gucci@lemmy.todayEnglish
    37·
    17 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

    • toastEnglish
      19·
      16 hours ago

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

      • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        9 hours ago

        I’m always looking for logical reasons to stay plump.

        I’m adding this one to my short list.

        1. Easier to float in water. Less likely to drown.

        2. Easier to not die of hypothermia

        3. Hard seats are less hard with tush cush

        4. Animals seem to like plump humans more (maybe they assume we know where the food is).

        5. Lower carbon footprint.

    • SpongyAneurysm@feddit.orgEnglish
      81·
      16 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 marketTM 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.