If we keep on burning fossil fuels won't we eventually run out of oxygen and die ?
2007-05-12 13:02:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
No - Carbon Dioxide is essential for Plants to grow - the more CO2, the faster the plants will grow, and the more Oxygen they will produce. All life on Earth is therefore dependent on CO2.
Carbon dioxide cycles naturally through the atmosphere, the earth’s land mass, and the oceans. Huge volumes of carbon dioxide are injected into the oceans and atmosphere during earthquakes and volcanoes. The amount of carbon contained in atmospheric carbon dioxide is about 730,000 million tonnes (730 Gigatonnes of carbon (GtC)). The annual transport of carbon to and from the land surface and the atmosphere, is estimated at 120 GtC; between the oceans and the atmosphere the estimate is 90 GtC. The annual emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere resulting from human activities is about 7 GtC, less than 1 per cent of the total atmospheric carbon mass, and less than 4 per cent of the natural annual emissions from the biosphere and the oceans. Changes in the natural transport of carbon, as well as human activities, have led to recent increases in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide.
This may have a small effect on Global Warming, but there is no (Zero) proof of that.
2007-05-12 13:39:45 · answer #1 · answered by All Black 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we will run out of fossil fuels long before running out of oxygen
2007-05-12 21:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by Alexis Q 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully we'll run out of fossil fuels first
2007-05-12 20:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by Don W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Algae (in the ocean) are responsible for generating most of our oxygen supply (from carbon dioxide). As long as we protect the water quality of the ocean, algae will survive, and will keep us supplied. Trees aren't nearly as important as algae.
2007-05-13 00:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we will have low oxygen levels once the rain forest's are cut
on this movie i seen long ago they had 3 massive oxygen generators in place of the rain forest.
2007-05-12 22:02:28 · answer #5 · answered by vincent s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its more like its going to get hot.They're trying to develop an air car to stop the main pollution.
2007-05-12 20:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the trees provide oxygen and take in carbon dioxide. so trees save the world!
2007-05-12 20:13:37 · answer #7 · answered by emily m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋