Trump, Putin, Orbán and others will do nothing to avert climate disaster.
Energy companies are still busy with their greenwashing. I few years ago I heard a Shell exec tell stockholders that Shell would plant millions or billions of trees. Where, I wondered? I have not heard more about this lovely theoretical idea that would allow Shell t…
Trump, Putin, Orbán and others will do nothing to avert climate disaster.
Energy companies are still busy with their greenwashing. I few years ago I heard a Shell exec tell stockholders that Shell would plant millions or billions of trees. Where, I wondered? I have not heard more about this lovely theoretical idea that would allow Shell to keep doing what it does.
I have read that we will need to build large cities in the arctic. Could be, but let that not be a substitute for moving to renewable energy, sustainable farming, and conservation now.
Large cities in the Arctic is laughable. Thermokarst activity (melting permafrost) causes the ground, previously supported by buried ice, to collapse. Not a new thing, but becoming a bigger thing.
Then how about sunken, even underground cities for people fed by air-conditioned acres of greenhouses where the sun shines more than half a year?
I am NOT recommending that kind of thinking, because it is an excuse to avoid using available means of staving off the worst warming. But, Elon, it sounds more practical than moving “us” to Mars.
Trump, Putin, Orbán and others will do nothing to avert climate disaster.
Energy companies are still busy with their greenwashing. I few years ago I heard a Shell exec tell stockholders that Shell would plant millions or billions of trees. Where, I wondered? I have not heard more about this lovely theoretical idea that would allow Shell to keep doing what it does.
I have read that we will need to build large cities in the arctic. Could be, but let that not be a substitute for moving to renewable energy, sustainable farming, and conservation now.
Large cities in the Arctic is laughable. Thermokarst activity (melting permafrost) causes the ground, previously supported by buried ice, to collapse. Not a new thing, but becoming a bigger thing.
Then how about sunken, even underground cities for people fed by air-conditioned acres of greenhouses where the sun shines more than half a year?
I am NOT recommending that kind of thinking, because it is an excuse to avoid using available means of staving off the worst warming. But, Elon, it sounds more practical than moving “us” to Mars.
Plant the trees using Bolunteer labor !!