I do see energy in general as an enormous problem. One so enormous it could end civilization as we know it. I take it extremely seriously. I would like to feel confident that while one camp is focusing on alternate fuels other camps are focusing on other aspects of the issue. The way it looks right now is that when we run out of oil we will be burning wood and trash, still adding carbon. So my current focus which might change a month from now is technology that can improve earths carbon retaining abilities.
To be fair I had not clicked on it yet because I was clicking on a bunch of other things. I will click on it now and check it out.
I just checked it out, It looks like it answers and addresses most of the things I have been wondering about. It will keep me busy for a while I imagine. Thanks for sharing that.
There’s no single solution. It’ll be a combination of reducing consumption, cleaner technology alternatives, and even carbon/greenhouse gas capture technology. I actually see progress in these areas; my fear is that progress won’t come soon enough, particularly since solving this problem requires global cooperation at a time when there is almost certainly going to be global competition.
Even so, despite my chicken little tendencies, there have been examples of past successes we can point to, such as the drastic reduction of CFCs in the 1980s-90s.
Fixed nitrogen and water will pull in carbon. I have to wonder how practical it is to use natural methods of fixing nitrogen into soils. I know legumes are effective at this. And the other things is tunneling technology that can be used to move water around on continents. Can we produce enough nitrates to actually have an effect on the earths bio mass? I have no idea if what I am talking about is practical or not but it is something I think about.
Ok, I just read where nitrogen in the worst ocean pollutant. I would imagine because it does damage before it has a chance to disperse. Just endless things to look at.
A bit late, but I will have to say that the Kurzgesagt video does not piss me off, in reality it matches what has been one of my main points of late, the one that goes as ‘the best thing YOU can do to fix climate change is to vote the ones that claim that there is not a problem out of office’, among other things.
In the US, politicians beholden to powerful interests are really one of the big barriers regarding the implementation of solutions that we see.