Reduce Carbon Footprint by Decreasing the Amount of CO2
The solution to the reduction of our Carbon Footprint and Virgin's
Earth Challenge set by Richard Branson (not to mention our, global,
problem of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere) is
closer to hand than we could ever have imagined. Null Hypothesis
believe the answer is, quite simply, stop breathing; or at least
breathe less.
The average person takes 24,000 breaths a day, breathing in
approximately 6g of carbon dioxide, but breathing out around 800g
during the same time forever adds to the increase of our carbon
footprint upon the earth. Over a year, you personally will add a net
290kg of CO2 (carbon dioxide) to the Earth's atmosphere, just by
exhaling. Multiply that by a global population of 6.5 billion and it
adds up to a criminal 1.88 gigatonnes.
Null Hypothesis believe that If we each merely cut out one breath in
three, we could reduce our carbon footprint by decreasing the amount of
CO2 (carbon dioxide) entering the atmosphere each year by a staggering
0.63 gigatonnes. That's 0.63 billion tonnes - the same effect as saving
5 million acres of land (an area the size of Wales) from deforestation,
or recycling 192 million tones of waste instead of trashing it.
But we don't want to stop there. Let's get really ruthless.
About the Author
Author Null Hypothesis:
Null Hypothesis, The journal of unlikely science,<a
href="http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk">wierd science, <a
href="http://www.null-hypothesis.co.uk">strange science has
cracked Richard Branson's climate change earth challenge to reduce the
carbon footprint.