CO2 is acknowledged to be a greenhouse gas that is increasing rapidly in the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. CO2 is generated by among other things, human respiration, which produces about 2.2 pounds per person per day. If every person of the 6.6 billion souls on the planet were to hold their collective breath for one minute, the CO2 savings during the exercise would amount to 10 million pounds. Therefore, on January 14, 2008 at 12 noon local time every person on the planet is hereby encouraged to hold their breath for one minute. Persons with breathing difficulty may participate by holding for 15 seconds at four different intervals during the noon hour.
In addition to global warming, atmospheric CO2 feeds the rainforests, the kelp forests, the cornfields and switch grass fields growing renewable energy. This event will have no net effect on atmospheric CO2, and is proposed only as a feel good exercise in futility designed to keep people from tackling more environmentally damaging projects.
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