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Exactly, humanity will not be able to "technology" itself out of the climate crisis. There's no better carbon removal technology than our most efficient trees.
by megabless123 5y ago
Exactly, humanity will not be able to "technology" itself out of the climate crisis. There's no better carbon removal technology than our most efficient trees.
- cma 5y agoEven were that true we'd be better off with fusion-powered stacked greenhouses of them.
- CityOfThrowaway 5y agoThis statement denies reason. There are plenty of ways in which we can technology our way out, even if we accept your premises (which, to be clear, I don’t but I’m willing to play ball). Indeed, our only option – save for some type of genocidal movement – is to technology ourselves out of the climate crisis. 1. Engineer trees that store more carbon in denser and long lasting root systems 2. Create drone systems to plant and maintain tons more trees 3. Improve energy capture technology to reduce our net new greenhouse gases 4. Create more efficient motors for the same reason as above 5. Create new recycling technologies so we can reuse more of the stuff we already have without mining more 6. Speaking of raw material acquisition, we can mine asteroids instead of our own planet 7. Transition more activities online to reduce the need for physical travel for more things 8. Hell, move more business to the internet to reduce the environmental footprint of office space Literally this list can go on and on. Technology is the only thing that fundamentally improves the trajectory of human society.
- swader999 5y agoIt would be very simple, fast, effective and not costly to use airliners with sulfur added to their fuel to increase earth's albedo. Problem solved. Of course we don't want to do this but it is an option.
- scatters 5y agoTrees use the C3 pathway. There are much faster-growing plant species (for example bamboo, switchgrass) that could be incorporated into a BECCS process.