Nearly 50 per cent of Canadians say they can’t afford meat
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Ok fine.
So saying “co2 is good for plants is silly as no speed limits anywhere”. Yet it’s been shown anywhere where no obvious speed limit signs are seen, on any type of road, motorists the vast majority of the time self police and do a speed reasonable to the road type and conditions. With speed AND co2, there is such a thing is ‘too much’ or ‘too high’.
Co2 is good for plants, within reasonable levels. Say, 2000-5000ppm. I should have specified that originally.
Is co2 good for plants? No? Yes? Depends? On what level ppm? If it isn’t “good for plants” then why do scores of commercial greenhouses in Alberta (Redcliff AB has loads) dump large amounts of co2 into their greenhouses?
Do you have a position on what ppm of global c02 is acceptable? Should it be higher than what the Paris agreement says? Lower?
Yep.
Not my field, so I take advice from the experts. They say to reduce the use of fossil fuels as fast as possible, even if it's painful.
That’s what I gather they want also.
So let’s say they get their way, and all fossil fuels and derived fuels are banned in 5, 9, 10 years. All ‘fossil’ fuels assumably all gasoline, kerosine, jet fuel. Diesel, farming diesel, coal, charcoal, Coker fuel. All ‘fossil’ origin oils, methane etc.
So as long as it isn’t ‘fossil’ fuel, they are ok with it one would assume. That’s fine, our rural cabin furnace can run on wood, and the trucks can be converted to run on used cooking oil without too much difficulty.
The Swedes have figured it out already. They generate a good amount of their power by avoiding fossil fuel use. They burn their garbage, avoiding the man hours faffing around trying to recycle it.
Sucks to have to travel to Europe with wood fired steam ships liners though, (as coal won’t be allowed) seeing as all planes will be grounded. Hope they do a business class at least. Electric solar ships? Hmm. Seawater and batteries don’t mix. To recharge half way in the Atlantic would take a heck of a long extension cable. And how to get it there? A sailboat one would assume spooling out a big wire from the coast. Assuming the transmission losses hold up…
Then of course all the solar panels, windmills and copper wire, aluminium will have to be cast and smelted using non fossil fuel electric, but if all fuels are cut off in 2030, how is the power generated? Pulling yourself up by the bootstraps and chicken and egg come to mind. I’d imagine they do a transition.
Look forward to the iPhone 22 in 2030- petroleum plastic free, retro Bakelite case.
I’m no petroleum or oil chemist, but I hope they can make oil artificially, because without it millions of machines and engines are going to grind to a halt without lubrication.
It won’t be so bad I guess. It will be like the 1890s again! Always wanted to learn to ride a horse…
I'd like t live long enough to see how it all works out.