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Climate Change Fight |OT|
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I have been thinking long and hard about what sort of environmental activism I can do locally.
And walking home from yoga through the burbs it hit me. All those pretty manicured lawns are an environmental disaster, for a multitude of reasons.
I am thinking this is something individual home owners could actually take on and improve on.
I envision it as being primarily an educational exercise, I bet most lawn owners are unaware how environmentally unfriendly their pretty front lawn is. So some well made flyers and an organized door knocking campaign would potentially be a good start. Or in spring one could hand out wild flower seeds to spread in the garden.
To that end is anyone aware of organizations that tackle that, which I could latch on to? No need to re-invent the wheel.
And walking home from yoga through the burbs it hit me. All those pretty manicured lawns are an environmental disaster, for a multitude of reasons.
I am thinking this is something individual home owners could actually take on and improve on.
I envision it as being primarily an educational exercise, I bet most lawn owners are unaware how environmentally unfriendly their pretty front lawn is. So some well made flyers and an organized door knocking campaign would potentially be a good start. Or in spring one could hand out wild flower seeds to spread in the garden.
To that end is anyone aware of organizations that tackle that, which I could latch on to? No need to re-invent the wheel.
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This is many things and none of them good.
Both Semiletov and Shakhova, the foremost experts on Artic methane, have stated before that there is "exponential uncertainty" regarding the amount of damage outgassing could do.
Both Semiletov and Shakhova, the foremost experts on Artic methane, have stated before that there is "exponential uncertainty" regarding the amount of damage outgassing could do.
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Yep. I think i've also seen this mentioned in the Bill Gates documentary on Netflix. That guy is really fucking trying but constantly gets interrupted by politics and crazy fucks like Orange Tumor.
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Has anyone here invested with them? I am thinking of buying in as a carbon offset for my transatlantic flight home to Europe next year.
Just watching their video on https://wefunder.com/worldtree
One acre of empress trees absorbs on average 103 metric tones of carbon. So for $3000 you can carbon offset quite a few years with that.
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Europe's switch to electric cars is accelerating. Honda is advancing its plans by 3 years
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Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change
Getting flooded to own the greens
Getting flooded to own the greens
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Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
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Pretty cool!
Harvard and Yale students disrupt football game for fossil fuel protest
Students began campaigning in 2012 for both universities to stop investing in oil and gas companies that contribute to climate crisis
Harvard and Yale students disrupt football game for fossil fuel protest
Students began campaigning in 2012 for both universities to stop investing in oil and gas companies that contribute to climate crisis
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Before everyone goes into panic mode, the Cons won't develop the reators themselves. They will be using the technology by private company ARC Nuclear :
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Some good news for the month of November (because we need those too).
I'm reading that the COP 25 accord is postponed, again, since the text the presidency proposed is so bad it was rejected by everyone. It's basically a step back in climate change fight
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Yep. Trump and the US getting out send a really wrong message to the rest of the world. Shameful.
2 things I get from these failures :
1) It seems we need to step up tech solutions. Carbon capture, new green energies, electric cars, mega batteries, green food production, food engineering for live stocks, hell we should even study some serious geo engineering solutions. Some people will probably tell me we are not getting ourselves out of the problem with tech this time, but it seems we have a better shot with tech than by hoping people change the way they live, and producing countries to dump oil... Sounds like wishfull thinking right now.
2) I have more faith in states / cities than worldwide governments to push changes from bottom up. Cities have a growing power and they can implement changes more quickly and efficiently, not only to reduce emissions but to adapt to coming changes..
Wow this is great info. Already learned of https://www.ecosia.org/ and better toilet paper choices. Kudos!
I was under the impression that blockchain was horrible for the environment. At least in the context of bitcoin/altcoin cryptominers. Is that not the case, or is this different?
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What is energy consuming is the proof of work protocol. But most blockchain tech are moving to proof of stake which use much less energy.
I'm doing everything I can to leave my career to go work in cogen. If I end up someplace in texas I fully plan on goin in with sunconomy for a 3d printed house and throwing I. Solar panels a d possibly whirlpool generators if theres running water on the property. It's far cheaper, more durable, small carbon footprint and utilities are nearly a non existing bill.
I'm a futurist and so many technologies are available now. I'f I can secure the right area I plan to use them. Either way no matter what else happens I want to go into a cogen plant somewhere.
I'm a futurist and so many technologies are available now. I'f I can secure the right area I plan to use them. Either way no matter what else happens I want to go into a cogen plant somewhere.
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For the sake of the environment, don't vote republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html
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Well that's a given. Great work on the NY Times to put them all there so everybody can see how shitty they are.
Some good news for a change :
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Shit like this feels so obvious. Still, it's good to have data on it.
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Microsoft will be carbon negative by 2030 - The Official Microsoft Blog
The scientific consensus is clear. The world confronts an urgent carbon problem. The carbon in our atmosphere has created a blanket of gas that traps heat and is changing the world’s climate. Already, the planet’s temperature has risen by 1 degree centigrade. If we don’t curb emissions, and...
blogs.microsoft.com
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Germany Goes Greener With $95 Billion Push for Train Over Plane
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Not a good look for oil & fracking...
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Germany (deservedly) gets a lot of flak for their use of coal, but apparently they are 50% solar. Vox has a podcast episode that broke down how they got there:
I ask myself how I can do better with my car. I need a car to drive to work 140km per day (tho the last few month I can work from home because of health reasons). I have an old diesel but there is no real solution other than buying a newer more economical car I guess... I don't like the idea of an electric car in terms of environmental footprint. Hybrid cars are also expensive...
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140km per day is a lot. How is the energy you use produced where you live? If it is green, surely an electric car would be more environmentally friendly than a gasoline car over the course of it's lifetime.
What do you mean by environmental footprint of an eletric car?
Are thre used ones already availible around where you live?
It depends on the provider, it's easy to switch here but we already have a relatively green provider.
The production mostly.
I looked into used electric cars but they are certainly not as efficient as I want them to be for the distances I would have to drive. And the hybrid cars from a few years back aren't that great either, imo.
Quick google for the carbon break even point for EV cars is 28k
Here is more indept article which looks quite well cited:
Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change
Electric vehicles (EVs) are an important part of meeting global goals on climate change. They feature prominently in mitigation pathways that limit warming to well-below 2C or 1.5C, which would be inline with the Paris Agreement’s targets.
www.carbonbrief.org
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