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Apnea_
2009
Apnea_The total global carbon emmissions through human respiration = 2.5 Bn metric tonnes/yr. By 2030 it is predicted that the global population will have reached 9 billion people. If you stopped breathing for 10 minutes every day then the drop in your basal metabolic rate would save approximatly 3.65 kg of Co2 emmitted per year. If everyone did it then the total saving would be in excess of 200M tonnes/ yr
Apnea explores the ritual of infection as individual enthusiasts reduce their personal carbon footprint. Individuals engage in free-diving at home (facilitated by advances in synthetic biology) in an attempt to drop their basal metabolic rate, subsequently leading to a reduction in bodily CO2 emissions.
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