Kill 1/3 of the worlds population?

Question

a recent study showed that personal CO2 emissions (from breathing) contributes 3 times as much per capita as industrial emissions

I think my math may be off but I figure, If we kill or let 2.5 billion people die, we could undo alot of global warming.

Thoughts?

Answer 1

"Recent study", by whom, exactly?

Let's look at this claim, "3 times as much as industrial emissions" from breathing.  The average human being consumes between 2000 and 3000 Calories of food per day.  If this was all in the form of carbohydrates at 4 Calories/gram, this would be between 500 and 750 grams of carbs per person per day.  A unit of carbohydrate has roughly the chemical formula CH2O, so 1 gram of carbohydrate has about 0.4 grams of carbon; 200-300 grams carbon/person/day.  Last, multiply by 44/12 to get the output as CO2:  730-1100 grams CO2/person/day.

Multiply by 6 billion people:

4.4-6.6 billion kg CO2/day = 4.4-6.6 million tons CO2/day

Multiply by 365 days/year: 1.6-2.4 billion tons CO2/year.

Total human emissions of CO2 are about 30 billion tons/year, so humans breathing is perhaps 8% of the total at most.  The premise of the "question" is false.

Answer 2

The liberals have already instituted that strategy by upholding a mother's right to terminate countless Numbers of unwanted children.

Answer 3

Hey r****d what study said that? You have no source because its not true? You sound like a liberal nut bag

Answer 4

It's always interesting to see the instinctive urge to control other people's lives that some have. The fact is, in Europe the population is declining already, it's close to ZPG here in the US as well. The problem is with the poor of any race and I don't think they'd appreciate you wanting to take away their reproductive rights, Scottsdale.

The claim that a temp increase of 3 degrees will end human life is curious. Much less adaptable forms of life have survived greater temperature variation than that and they didn't have the benefit of technology. Do you realize that just prior to the start of this "problem" the CO2 level was close to the level at which plants suffocate and die? Wouldn't it be wonderful if you succeed so well at controlling CO2 that it declines to the point that crops won't grow?

A simpler solution would be to start a campaign to do two things. First, build a series of nationwide canals in the US so that surplus rain in one area is easily moved to another. Very expensive but less costly than continual FEMA aid or an interstate highway system. Second, use that water to plant a million or so acres of trees. Then regularly harvest those trees and use them for building materials. The carbon they absorb while growing remains out of circulation (mostly) until they're burned. Replant each tree that's harvested. They're useful, they suck up CO2, they're pretty. No downside that I can see as long as you keep the undergrowth trimmed back and remove dead trees so they don't all burn up in a forest fire.

Are there really too many people on Earth? I remember reading about the "Population Bomb" claiming that we'd have mass starvation if we didn't end population growth, the average US lifespan would be cut to 42 by 1980 and the total population would be only 22 million by 1999. He was wrong because he didn't take into account two things. One, agricultural innovation. Two, rising CO2 has led to faster plant growth worldwide.

Instead of killing people, let's kill all the cows that emit so much methane and have a big cookout! We'd just have to make sure the evil cattle barons don't raise any new ones and we can all switch to tofu. At that point, put me on the short list for the 1/3 to be killed off, anything is better than a life of eating tofu.

Answer 5

if the average world temperature was to increase by 3 degrees farenheit, the entire human race can be wiped out. Btw your theory is wrong we can't undo global warming. Actually we can but that means we would have to move off Earth and let nature clean up itself for the next millenia or so. We currently can't clean it up without any human interference since any clean ups we do create by products that contribute to pollution and other world disasters. Thoughts, well sometimes the human race can be too prosperous. I hope those that die are the antagonists of society. Those who die deserve to die, we lived out long enough . Sure i'm afraid of dying but if i die oh well.

Answer 6

Lets do it... we'll start with your family...

Answer 7

Maybe we could do a little softer solution.

Just put the masses on seditives and sit them on the couch in front of the TV. We could outlaw exercise and excitment of any kind.

Or we could just forget all the media induced BS and live our lives, without Fear, without Hate, without Control.

Answer 8

1/3 is only 1/2 the number we need to kill.  It still might not resolve the problem.  Even if the rest of the solar system is warming up, life may not be able to adapt to a 5 degree increase and if the sun goes Nova all problems are solved.

Answer 9

I think that the premise of your question is wrong.  

However, the wording is interesting.  The "industrial emissions" may or may not include the CO2 from energy production, household heating and lighting, transportation, rain forest burning, and other sources.  

The important issue concerns the total CO2 emissions from all sources as compared with the total CO2 uptake by all sinks (and the consquences to these sinks such as the ocean).  

The point about population is not how much CO2 is exhaled.  Rather it is about how much total CO2 is produced to satisfy the wants and needs of a growing population.  Population growth makes the problem of green house gases worse.

Thus, the best way to clean our atmosphere is to reduce the number of people, in a humane way.  I suggest birth control and limiting family size.  One of the best ways to do that is through the education and economic betterment of women.

Answer 10

very good! you are not far from the mark of all the global warming propaganda, with their high preist Al Gore. By the way, did you know that every planet in the solar system is warming up as well?

Answer 11

add that to the list of global warming satire.

you have make sure their all "capitalist pigs" though.

Answer 12

What makes you think you wouldnt be part of the "1/3"

Always "we" gonna kill  somebody else not us.

Answer 13

thats not only very hard to do, but it is very controversial and stupid.....

Answer 14

EVERYONE TALKIN ABOUT THE GLOBAL WARMING AND HOW WE CAN STOP IT BY MAKING NEW CARS AND MAKE HI TECH INDUSTRIALS PLANTS THAT WONT MAKE SAME POLOTUIN AS NOW

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WARS.........

LOOK AT THE TV AND LOOK AT ALL THESE EXPLOSIONS AND DINAMITE AND TANKS BURNING GAS TO TROLL AND ALL THE OIL WELLS BURNING IN KUWAIT ON 90'S OR RECENTLY IN IRAQ

WHAT U ALL THINK OF IT

NOTHING GOOD IS COMING OUTTA THESE WARS

EVEN THE AMERICAN CETIZEN IS SUFFERING FROM THE GAS PRICES AND THE ONLY WINNER IS THE GAS COMPANIES NOT THE GULF OPEC COUNTRIES AS U THINK

ALL WHAT ICAN SAY THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSED BY THE WARS

WAKE UP

CHEERS