Comment Something I've never seen science on... (Score 1) 311
...is that it's might be possible that with the number of people on the planet (6.5 billion approx), and with an average body temperature of about 90 degrees fahrenheit, could humans be contributing to global warming simply by existing?
Currently there are more people on earth than at any time in history, and with the addition of domesticated animals in increased numbers compared to their previously wild counterparts (horses, pigs, cows...in other words large-ish mammals), could that not have contributed a tenth of a degree here or there?
Sure, we've all heard about the evils of the combustion engine and the greenhouse gasses, but something I've never seen addressed is the fact that 6+ billion things at 90 degrees could be making things worse simply by being there. The same principle in miniature can be seen at a frat party on any university campus - take a room that is at 68 degrees ambient, add 200 people moving around and breathing in and out...after a couple of hours everyone's sweating and the room is over 80 degrees.
Although it's a gross simplification, I think it possibly has some merit for some grant-winning scientist to research.
Currently there are more people on earth than at any time in history, and with the addition of domesticated animals in increased numbers compared to their previously wild counterparts (horses, pigs, cows...in other words large-ish mammals), could that not have contributed a tenth of a degree here or there?
Sure, we've all heard about the evils of the combustion engine and the greenhouse gasses, but something I've never seen addressed is the fact that 6+ billion things at 90 degrees could be making things worse simply by being there. The same principle in miniature can be seen at a frat party on any university campus - take a room that is at 68 degrees ambient, add 200 people moving around and breathing in and out...after a couple of hours everyone's sweating and the room is over 80 degrees.
Although it's a gross simplification, I think it possibly has some merit for some grant-winning scientist to research.
