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I would assume that the average American is emiting way more than the average human, so you can't just multiply it up by earth's population.
by Traster 6y ago
I would assume that the average American is emiting way more than the average human, so you can't just multiply it up by earth's population.
- sergeykish 6y agoAnd forests are different: > Northeast, maple–beech–birch forests > 25 year old forest: 1,760 lbs of CO2 per acre per year > Northeast, white and red pine forests > 25 year old forest: 9,826 lbs of CO2 per acre per year [1] With global CO2 emissions [2]: 35 billion t / (2000 lbs / acre) 1.561×10^8 km^2 (square kilometers) ≈ land area on the earth ( 1.4912×10^8 km^2 ) [3] maple–beech–birch forests would not cut. 35 billion t / (10000 lbs / acre) 3.123×10^7 km^2 (square kilometers) ≈ 0.46 × total area of crop land on Earth (2012 estimate) ( ≈ 2.62×10^7 mi^2 ) [4] pine if used on half of crop land. That's managed forest, no wild forests allowed. [1] http://medcraveonline.com/FREIJ/FREIJ-02-00040.pdf http://medcraveonline.com/FREIJ/FREIJ-02-00040.pdf [2] https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions [3] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%282000+lbs+%2F+acre%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2820... [4] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2810000+lbs+%2F+acre%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=35+billion+t+%2F+%2810...
- mhh__ 6y agohttps://ourworldindata.org/per-capita-co2 https://ourworldindata.org/per-capita-co2 It's true. The USA's Carbon Emissions are horrific (I was going to say borderline genocidal) compared to even the rest of the west.