cm0002@toast.ooo to Political Memes@lemmy.ca · 29 days agoSave the planet, hold your breathlemmy.mlimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1470
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minus-squarejnod4@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·27 days agoSo human breathing is net zero because we’re just emitting carbon dioxide trapped in the food we just planted?
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·27 days agoUnless a significant part of your diet is coal butter, yes.
minus-squaretwopi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-223 days agoCorrect. We are heterotroughs (CnH2n [different sugars and carbs] + O2 -> CO2 + H2O) and pants are autotroughs (CO2 + H2O + sunlight -> CnH2n [different sugars and carbs] + O2) we are complements and complete the carbon cycle.
So human breathing is net zero because we’re just emitting carbon dioxide trapped in the food we just planted?
Unless a significant part of your diet is coal butter, yes.
Correct. We are heterotroughs (CnH2n [different sugars and carbs] + O2 -> CO2 + H2O) and pants are autotroughs (CO2 + H2O + sunlight -> CnH2n [different sugars and carbs] + O2) we are complements and complete the carbon cycle.