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0 pointsnunodonato3y ago0 comments

source?

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vkou3y ago

Don't need a source, it's simple math.

For a plant to absorb 1KG of CO2, it needs to increase in weight by at least ~1Kg.

An average human exhales ~1KG of CO2 a day.

Unless your house plants are gaining half a ton of mass a year, they aren't meaningfully offsetting your CO2 exhilation.

tonyarkles3y ago

I’m still with you and your point remains, but the plants do release O2 and just retain the C if I recall. Your plants only need to weigh 27% of that at the end of the year, or about 100kg :D

vkou3y ago

Unless your plants are made out of pure diamond, they also need to gain hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen in weight.

But you are part-right, carbon is ~35-50% of a normal plant's weight.

SideburnsOfDoom3y ago

Why ask something that's trivial to google yourself? There are numerous good ones, it's a well-known and noncontroversial topic.

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vkou3y ago

Don't need a source, it's simple math.

For a plant to absorb 1KG of CO2, it needs to increase in weight by at least ~1Kg.

An average human exhales ~1KG of CO2 a day.

Unless your house plants are gaining half a ton of mass a year, they aren't meaningfully offsetting your CO2 exhilation.

tonyarkles3y ago

I’m still with you and your point remains, but the plants do release O2 and just retain the C if I recall. Your plants only need to weigh 27% of that at the end of the year, or about 100kg :D

vkou3y ago

Unless your plants are made out of pure diamond, they also need to gain hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen in weight.

But you are part-right, carbon is ~35-50% of a normal plant's weight.

SideburnsOfDoom3y ago

Why ask something that's trivial to google yourself? There are numerous good ones, it's a well-known and noncontroversial topic.

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