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Those calculations are for oxygen required to breathe, not carbon dioxide exhaled by people. The cycle for biologically produced and consumed CO2 tends to be carbon neutral.

As far as I'm aware, the issue isn't with CO2 produced by cellular respiration, the issue is the burning of fuels dug up from the ground and the destruction of natural carbon sinks.



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