SP dead panda indicator
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The document discusses using dead pandas and honey bees as units to measure CO2 emissions, noting that 81 tonnes of CO2 is equivalent to 1 dead panda and 1g of CO2 is equal to 100 dead bees. It notes extinction rates of 140,000 species per year during the Holocene and estimates the number of pandas and honey bees that would equal those extinction levels. The main hypothesis is that human-caused CO2 emissions are directly responsible for mass extinction events and are an indicator of humanity's environmental impact. Specific CO2 emission figures like 34 billion tonnes per year are also included to provide context.
SP dead panda indicator
- 1. Selim Stahl 2015-09-15 SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut CO2 footprinting with dead pandas
- 2. CO2eq in dead pandas 81 tonnes CO2 = 1 dead panda Hollocene extinction rate = 140 000 species /year 1 panda species = 3000 specimens Hypothesis: humans are responsible for the hollocene extinction and antropogenic CO2 emissions are a direct indicator of human impact on the envirnment 34 billion tonne CO2 emission / year
- 3. CO2 footprint / LCA results in perspective 1 flight London-New York 1 coal power plant / hour Moving 10 containers from Shanghai to Hamburg
- 4. CO2eq in dead honey bees 1g CO2 = 100 dead bees Hollocene extinction rate = 140 000 species /year 7 honey bee species = 30 trillion bees Hypothesis: humans are responsible for the hollocene extinction and antropogenic CO2 emissions are a direct indicator of human impact on the envirnment 34 billion tonne CO2 emission / year
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- 6. SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut