Water is, indeed, the most urgent limiting factor for us in the Colorado River basin, but to grow our food we need vast amounts of ammonium nitrate fertilizer (it doubles crop yield world wide). You guessed it, this fertilizer is derived from fossil fuels. So, too, are the manufacture of steel, plastic, and cement, all vital pillars of m…
Water is, indeed, the most urgent limiting factor for us in the Colorado River basin, but to grow our food we need vast amounts of ammonium nitrate fertilizer (it doubles crop yield world wide). You guessed it, this fertilizer is derived from fossil fuels. So, too, are the manufacture of steel, plastic, and cement, all vital pillars of modern civilization. (Thanks to Vaclav Smil). and heavily dependent on fossil fuels. TC, if your scifi imagination visualizes total conversion of energy/electricty to derivation from renewable sources, and electric vehicles suddenly transform our transportation landscapem all by the end of this decade, our use of fossil fuels will remain huge. And the coal smoking diesel truck drivers are not about to give up their toys. Don't even think about deforestation for animal feed, forest fires, climate related insect infestation of our forests, logging, all of which remove natural CO2 sinks in vast quantities. The four horsemen of theApocalypse are saddled up and on the prowl.
Water is, indeed, the most urgent limiting factor for us in the Colorado River basin, but to grow our food we need vast amounts of ammonium nitrate fertilizer (it doubles crop yield world wide). You guessed it, this fertilizer is derived from fossil fuels. So, too, are the manufacture of steel, plastic, and cement, all vital pillars of modern civilization. (Thanks to Vaclav Smil). and heavily dependent on fossil fuels. TC, if your scifi imagination visualizes total conversion of energy/electricty to derivation from renewable sources, and electric vehicles suddenly transform our transportation landscapem all by the end of this decade, our use of fossil fuels will remain huge. And the coal smoking diesel truck drivers are not about to give up their toys. Don't even think about deforestation for animal feed, forest fires, climate related insect infestation of our forests, logging, all of which remove natural CO2 sinks in vast quantities. The four horsemen of theApocalypse are saddled up and on the prowl.
Aren't you a little bundle of joy. :-)