Universe is possibly much older than we think it is.

I wouldn't put too much stock into personal carbon footprint estimates.

It's just a way of re-framing the carbon problem away from those actually responsible for it and turn it into to a battle between folks arguing who is more virtuous.

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Thought experiment:

What if we removed the "people" from the problem and just looked at the geographic area?

Does a rural 10 square mile produce as much GHG as an urban 10 square mile?

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When you analyze it based on personal carbon footprint you are ignoring business and industry and focusing on residential.

This is by design, so those responsible aren't even included in the equation.

Marriage is more like a good wood fired furnace. If you put in the effort it will keep you warm and happy. If you forget to tend to the logs and the fire your home will grow cold and unwelcoming.

Using vertical space keeps code line diffs so much cleaner.

What concrete steps did they take?

That's pretty much the premise of the article.

Thanks, one of those HN moments where I didn't read the original.

It's not an addiction it's a matter of human biology. We are meat eaters. Shall we regulate the CO2 we exhale?

Animals converting plants to meat/protein is more efficient than humans directly eating an entirely plant based diet.

It sure isn't.

Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding...

The climate benefits of veganism and vegetarianism

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220429-the-climate-bene...

https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/1600x900/p0c41hws.webp

Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2120584119

Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-chea...

Why the food system is the next frontier in climate action

Virtually all paths to a net-zero-emissions food system rely on consumers in high-income countries shifting to a more plant-forward diet, according to a recent study.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/04/why-the-food-syst...

Uhm... where do animals get these extra calories from if not their food? Can you explain this to me please?

How can the calories out be more than the calories in?

Or are you suggesting people don't get all the calories they eat from plans? I don't think this is true.