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Before the Flood [video]
- wolfram74 10y agoI watched this last night, and have been thinking on the subject of iron fertilization, there's good reason to think that large swathes of the ocean are limited in phytoplankton population due to iron deficiencies. When there are so many people with tech fortunes that kind of disdain government, I'm surprised no one has spent the 30k+legal fees to do some free-agent geo engineering. Sure it's a bit reckless, but wasn't the time for contemplative measured responses to this train-wreck a decade ago? http://www.nature.com/news/ocean-fertilization-project-off-canada-sparks-furore-1.11631 http://www.nature.com/news/ocean-fertilization-project-off-c...
- rojobuffalo 10y agoGeo-engineering is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure how you balance projects like that with the push to cap bad behavior. Maybe we need both. It's hard to garner the proper emotional response to the climate trajectory we are on. Maybe a geo-engineering project would register the appropriate level of alarm that we seem to be missing. You might like this book that I'm almost done with: https://www.amazon.com/How-Cool-Planet-Geoengineering-Audacious/dp/0547520239 https://www.amazon.com/How-Cool-Planet-Geoengineering-Audaci....
- agnivade 10y agoLove the comments section ! So classic youtube ..
- dylanfw 10y agoI haven't seen this yet, but for anyone that's interested: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails, Social Network, Gone Girl, Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo, and more) provide the score for this film.
- lucidstack 10y agoAnd a couple of (stunning) tracks from Mogwai
- happy-go-lucky 10y agoamong the ten highest-spending lobbyists, the United States Chamber of Commerce is currently #1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuels_lobby https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuels_lobby
- dgellow 10y agoI have a naive question: As a software developer, how can I contribute to the cause?
- refset 10y agoI see two critical areas for contribution: tools for emotional persuasion and tools for collective planning.
- micklinghoff 10y agoit's not a naive question, it's what's on a lot of people's minds, including mine..:)
- rojobuffalo 10y agoIndustrial agriculture is often under-represented in these discussions, but it's the leading or second-leading cause of climate change. At the same time, diet-related disease is the leading cause of human death. Growing some part of your diet is a really important thing that people need to be doing. So you could get into growing some food or look for ways to support local farming. To those points, my startup project (terrafarm.io) is a web platform for making it easier for people to contribute to local food systems. It is only a demo atm, but the plan is to have an official product this upcoming Spring. I'm the only person working on it full-time, but I'm always on the look-out for people who care about the problem and want to contribute. So far, I've only hired contractors because I can't afford more than that. But feel free to PM me if you have any interest or feedback on the concept.
- dgellow 10y agoI tried your demo, I have to say it was a very confusing. Expect an email with more details later this week when I can find some free time.
- rojobuffalo 10y agoThanks for checking it out! Sorry I wasn't more clear about it. It's still just bits and pieces of the initial design, and is clearly not in any sort of useful state. I'm not yet asking anyone to try it out--just pointing to the link in case you want to track the development.