09-25-2021, 08:48 PM
Yeah. I agree. It's totally sad. I did some research on the numbers for fossil fuel use such as oil, natural gas, and coal with their CO2 emissions. It's insane:
(09-19-2021, 09:12 PM)Brandon Gwinn Wrote: Since the start of oil production, the world has produced nearly 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, each one containing 42 gallons and releasing over 800 lbs of CO2 when consumed. Around 100 trillion cubic meters of natural gas have been produced releasing over 180 billion metric tons of CO2. And I can't find an actual number for coal production, but based on what I've researched, I would estimate it at least a few hundred billion metric tons throughout history, each ton releasing about 4,400 lbs of CO2.
This all adds up to about 1.3 thousand billion metric tons of carbon dioxide overloaded into the environment from fossil fuel use since the start of human civilization- most of which occurred within the last 200 years. And it takes an awful lot of CO2 to make a metric ton. The stuff isn't heavy, but it adds up.
Before humans, there were an estimated 6 trillion trees, each one able to absorb about a ton of CO2 over a hundred year life cycle. Now there are only around 3 trillion. This means we've effectively destroyed half of planet Earth's oxygen-breathing, carbon-sequestering forests. The effects of all this can be clearly seen by the massive die-offs of our coral reefs from ocean acidification due to abnormally increased carbon absorption from the atmosphere.
With all this said, I think we should take climate change seriously. If it's true (and I really don't see how it can't be), it means temperatures and oceans will continue to rise; wildfires, droughts, floods, and storms will continue to get worse; these problems will cascade into increased disease and famine and death and humanity as a whole will be in jeopardy.
This is such a beautiful planet. It's truly a shame what we have done. What's even more of a shame is the deep state probably has all the technology we need to fix this and turn our world into a utopia, but they hold it back to maintain their power and control.