Let's Lay Global Warming at the Feet of Those Truly Responsible
There are some people who are, as a group, producing 10,000 tons of
greenhouse gas per hour - in the United States alone. And that's just
among the ones who produce this gas in institutions - there are many
more who do so outside or in their own homes!
Burning 670 dietetic calories (kilocalories in chemistry) produces 36 moles, or 264.06 grams, of the greenhouse gas Carbon Dioxide (CO2). This works out to roughly 0.4 grams per dietetic calorie. According to the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub association (IHRS), as of January 1, 2007 there were 42,700,000 health club members. Each calorie burned by those total members equals 17,080 kilograms, 37,655 pounds, or nearly 19 tons of CO2. If the average visit works out to 500 calories, these people, in aggregate, are emitting ten thousand tons of CO2 per visit.
Yes, it is those who exercise who are at fault for a major portion of global warming, and we must lay the responsibility at their cross-trainer-clad feet. The apparently don't care about the earth's temperature, as they seem to like to sweat.
Until health clubs can be fitted with devices to scrub and sequester the CO2 produced by these physical performance polluters, we must close these carbon contributers. Likewise, those who exercise at home must be stopped, and those who generate greenhouse gases on the street arrested.
I'll be watching for this.
At home.
In front of the television - watching COPS.
Burning 670 dietetic calories (kilocalories in chemistry) produces 36 moles, or 264.06 grams, of the greenhouse gas Carbon Dioxide (CO2). This works out to roughly 0.4 grams per dietetic calorie. According to the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub association (IHRS), as of January 1, 2007 there were 42,700,000 health club members. Each calorie burned by those total members equals 17,080 kilograms, 37,655 pounds, or nearly 19 tons of CO2. If the average visit works out to 500 calories, these people, in aggregate, are emitting ten thousand tons of CO2 per visit.
Yes, it is those who exercise who are at fault for a major portion of global warming, and we must lay the responsibility at their cross-trainer-clad feet. The apparently don't care about the earth's temperature, as they seem to like to sweat.
Until health clubs can be fitted with devices to scrub and sequester the CO2 produced by these physical performance polluters, we must close these carbon contributers. Likewise, those who exercise at home must be stopped, and those who generate greenhouse gases on the street arrested.
I'll be watching for this.
At home.
In front of the television - watching COPS.
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