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To be fair to them, it's a reader's question, and the answer says that 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.
Source: https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/how-much-does-human-breathing-contribute-to-climate-change
Soooo… it still sounds to me like you’re saying that breath from people who burn more fossil fuels has an outsized impact?
I feel like this just proves my point around needing to prioritize who stops.
To be fair to us, they didn't have to answer the question. It was a choice.
Ah yes where every single publication simply must be the machinations of the capitalist class pulling the puppet strung editors of all news organisations everywhere simultaneously never failing in their aim to keep blame of climate change away from capitalism.
OR
The BBC is choosing to answer a dumb question with scientific rigior to show that "no, breathing out does not contribute to climate change" because some portions of the general public are really gullable and actually asked this question.
But the bottom line is whilst this is a truly idiotic question I'd rather those people asked it because it means there's still a spark of curiosity and desire to learn rather than live in ignorance.
Yes, agreed on those two points.