chefdennis
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She blames mom for global warming
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
She blames mom for global warming - NJ.com
Dear Dr. Donohue:
She blames mom for global warming
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
She blames mom for global warming - NJ.com
Dear Dr. Donohue:
My daughter has accused me of not caring about the environment. She complains that I flatulate more often than most individuals. Furthermore, she claims that the gas an individual passes contributes to global warming. Thus, she says that my passing of wind shows no concern for the environment. I don't know if I am physically able to keep my gas to myself in order to go green. Is my daughter really right? - Anon.
Is your daughter for real? No human can stop the production of intestinal gas. We have little control over it. Every human passes gas, including your daughter. People do so from 10 to 20 times a day.
Colon bacteria are responsible for gas production. They feast on foods we don't digest, and gas is a byproduct of their feasting.
The major gases in colon-produced gas are nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane and hydrogen. Traces of sulfur-containing gases are responsible for its unpleasant odor.
Greenhouse gases - the gases that blanket the earth and warm it, the way greenhouse glass does for a greenhouse - include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen and fluorocarbons. Most of the carbon dioxide that contributes to greenhouse effect comes from the use of fossil fuels - gas, oil, gasoline and coal. The majority of methane gas that adds to the greenhouse effect is derived from livestock, coal mining, drilling for oil and from garbage landfills.
Carbon dioxide is the byproduct of many industrial processes. If your daughter is truly worried over your contribution to the greenhouse effect, she should realize that her breathing contributes a significant amount of carbon dioxide to it. She blows out carbon dioxide with each exhalation. Humans contribute more than 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the yearly production of this greenhouse gas. No one suggests we stop breathing.
If your daughter is serious, she needs to understand this phenomenon better.