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Let’s say 4 billion men, a kilogram of hair a man. That can’t be more than 4 billion kg of CO2, or a _one_time_ capture of 4 million metric tons. CO2 emissions
by Someone 4y ago
Let’s say 4 billion men, a kilogram of hair a man. That can’t be more than 4 billion kg of CO2, or a _one_time_ capture of 4 million metric tons.
CO2 emissions are upwards of 30 billion metric tons _each_year_.
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoso if we shave once per year that means 13.3 percent capture per year (if 30 billion)! If we go with long haired women and giving them testosterone shots that's say 26% - let's go down to 20% because hey no system is perfect. on edit: though I live in Denmark, and given the amount of early onset baldness here makes me think much less than 20 percent! Also since testosterone can also promote baldness it probably wouldn't work, I just find the vision of a bunch of bearded women going around trying to save the world from climate change amusing.
- Grimburger 4y agoI'm struggling with why the rate of facial hair growth changes if you shave less? Surely it makes no difference unless we are talking about the products used. There's no evidence of hair growing more or less due to shaving afiak
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoI'm figuring short hair must trap carbon less, there is probably a sweet point where longer hair starts to decrease in carbon trapping utility so probably you should grow hair to the optimal length and cut back to optimal trapping length. Same for beards.