Help me here because our future depends on it
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Hmm…I don’t think it’s going to work. Any advice on how to send a PDF?
Hard to say without the original pdf link, which should have “.pdf” at the end.
Issues of carbon release (CO2) can get complicated or at least require some attention paid to trade-offs, e.g. rarely do I see a breakdown of electric vs liquid fueled vehicle trade-offs. The electricity, after all, has to be produced, too.
So the question becomes which aspects of each technology rely on renewable/sustainable resources. True, hemp is renewable and overall is a good “carbon sink” because the carbon stays locked up in cellulose and other fiber. But as Ivy alludes to, practically all crops draw nutrients from the soil they grow in.
Seems to me that nuclear energy holds the most promise, but even then, consider this: Nuclear energy releases heat into our water and air, so assuming one day our nuclear-derived power becomes practically dollar-free and carbon-neutral, we’ll still be adding heat to the planet.
I.e. any “solution” should be considered a temporary workaround, but still, if we’re going to keep harnessing and producing energy, we need to keep improving on the temporary workarounds. (In fact even the technology of harnessing hydroelectric, ocean wave, and wind energy can disrupt the earth’s natural flow of thermal energy.)
Meanwhile, to be clear, I vote for hemp as a relatively positive (even if temporary) solution. But that’s not all. Arctic tundra is thawing and releasing methane, a much higher risk than CO2 to “short term” climate change (which then speeds up runaway methane/CO2 releases).
Clearly, our species is on the way out.
There was still a sliver of hope a couple of years ago… But now, with Trump’s policies, and the fact that he is a climate change denier, It’s too late. I’m really hoping that somebody will win the presidency who really “gets it” in 2020….But it’s not looking like that’s going to happen.
The US and China are the two biggest culprits, and the two countries who could really make a difference in carbon emissions for the entire planet. But we’re not doing jack shit we’re actually going backwards now….That’s why I say yeah, we’re fucked.
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