Hi All, Just abit of self promotion here but thought it may interest you all as it links to climate change! 'Null Hypothesis - The Journal of Unlikely Science' have written a truly different approach to solving the problem of climate change in response to Richard Branson's Virgin Earth Challenge. The article suggests a quirky answer to the World's climate change problem whilst mathematical and scientifically 'proving' the solution! Whilst the article is tongue in cheek, we feel this approach is a good way to generate conversation about an important issue. I have included part of the article below: "Null Hypothesis Claim Virgin Earth Prize! By M. D. Steer, H. M. Birch & A. J. Impey In a stroke of sheer brilliance, The Null has cracked the climate change problem. Less than a month into Richard Branson’s five-year competition, Null Hypothesis will take its winning idea to Virgin Earth and walk away with a cool $25 million. The solution to Branson’s problem (not to mention our, global, problem) is closer to hand than we could ever have imagined. It is, quite simply, stop breathing; or at least breathe less. The average person takes 24,000 breaths a day, breathing in approximately 6g of carbon dioxide, but breathing out around 800g during the same time. Over a year, you personally will add a net 290kg of CO2 to the atmosphere, just by exhaling. Multiply that by a global population of 6.5 billion and it adds up to a criminal 1.88 gigatonnes. If we each merely cut out one breath in three, we could decrease the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere each year by a staggering 0.63 gigatonnes. That’s 0.63 billion tonnes - the same effect as saving 5 million acres of land (an area the size of Wales) from deforestation, or recycling 192 million tonnes of waste instead of trashing it. But we don’t want to stop there. Let’s get really ruthless..." For more info and the complete article check out the Null Hypothesis Website! (null-hypothesis.co.uk) Happy Reading! Sallyanne
