I stumbled across a YouTube video that traces world wide CO{2} from 1850 to 2023. So I thought to plot my life in CO{2}: Born December 1949, my first year USA: 2.566 B tons year 1 151,325,798 people 2,556,000000/151,325,798 = 16.891 ton/person Turned 21 and began living independent of my parents USA: 4.448 B tons (2.566 + 4.448)/2 = 3.507 B tons per year 3.597 * 21 = 75.537 B tons 208,372,000 people 75,537,000,000/208,372,000 = 362.51 tons/person Bought my first of three Prius to save gas money USA: 6.107 B tons (6.107 + 4.488)/2 = 5.298 B tons/year 35 * 5.298 =185.43 B tons/year 300,000,000 people 185,430,000,000/300,000,000 = 618.1 tons/person China 6.073 B tons Bought 2019 Tesla Model 3 and went 99.9% all electric driving USA: 5.099 B tons (6.107 + 5.099)/2 = 5.603 B tons/year 3 year * 5.603 = 16.809 B tons 328,239,523 people 16,809,000,000/328,239,523 = 51.21 tons/person China: 10,767 B tons Last year of data from source USA: 4.911 B tons (5.099 + 4.911)/2 = 5.005 B tons/per year 4 * 5.005 = 20.02 B tons 334.914.895 people 20,020,000,000/334,914,895 = 59.776 tons/person China: 11.903 B tons CONCLUSION Over my life up until 2023: 16.89+362.51+618.10+51.21+59.78 = 1,108.49 tons/person Bob Wilson
It would be interesting to know what CO2 percentage comes from cows & the occasional volcano eruption. .
Very well see https://academic.oup.com/af/article/9/1/69/5173494 Cattle and buffaloes total about 7 gigatons CO2/yr. That is a bit expanded because some emitted as CH4 which absorbs more infrared. Volcanoes total about 0.3 gigatons CO2/yr but a really big one could be bigger. Where volcanoes also put new basalt raocks on the surface, those begin to sequester CO2 from atmosphere. Slowly because they have little surface area, but they can be crushed to speed things up. Volcanoes can be said to play both sides of the street.
