That making enough oxygen for one person, using electrolysis, requires 2000 kwh per day.
That earth's forest area decreases by 13 000 000 hectares per year.
And that we add about 75 000 000 people every year.
That earth's forest area decreases by 13 000 000 hectares per year.
And that we add about 75 000 000 people every year.
One of the more interesting things I've learned in quite some time.
EDIT: You know, this is something that is so relate-able to the layman, it should be a widely used propaganda talking point.
I wonder, could global transmission possibly be an answer to the lack of storage problem?
First, the raw amount of oxygen in the atmosphere is large enough that fluctuations can go unnoticed. To decrease the percentage of oxygen by 5% would result in many orders of magnitude more CO2 (proportionally) being released, such that the oxygen would be negligible.
There's also the geology of it: rocks absorb and release oxygen over millions of years and add hysteresis to atmospheric composition. The amount of atmospheric gases trapped in the Earth's crust is significant and resists long-term changes.