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Every little bit counts, but it's really disheartening to see just how little it is in the grand scheme of things.
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
Every little bit counts, but it's really disheartening to see just how little it is in the grand scheme of things.
- ggreer 5y agoAnother point of comparison: the mass of Earth's atmosphere is over 5 quadrillion tons.[1] 30 billion tons is 0.0006% or 6 parts per million. These are all really big numbers so it's important to scale them down to something more comprehensible. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#Physical_properties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth#Physical_p...
- dataflow 5y ago1°C global warming sounds pretty small too, except its impact isn't.