K^2 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 On 6/14/2024 at 6:44 AM, darthgently said: I have a theory that the reason big oil is so prominently "green" is that they see future profits being much larger if the convert petroleum into plastics instead of fuel. The important part is locking the carbon. We have ways of doing that with old plastics much better than vehicle exhaust. Also, with gasoline and natural gas demand down, these companies would have to build facilities to convert light fractions into plastics as well. That opens a door to eventually replacing crude with captured carbon, making plastics production carbon-negative. It's a long road to that, but non-fossil power production and electrification of our energy consumption is still a good first step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 Re-imagining Forests (Germany) TLDR: decisions made after WWII resulted in monoculture forestry - which has become susceptible to drought and infestation. Massive die-off of trees resulted. Newer techniques, mixing up the forests is happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerben Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Spruce is good for seaplanes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 (edited) On 6/17/2024 at 8:12 PM, JoeSchmuckatelli said: TLDR: decisions made after WWII resulted in monoculture forestry - which has become susceptible to drought and infestation. Massive die-off of trees resulted. The Siberian taiga (the largest biome on the Earth, and the main mechanism of the air decarbonization) mostly consists of larch. It lacks the undergrowth, and its grass is uniform. *** Looks like somebody's argumenting the wood cutting for windmill building. The Europe needs its native pigwoods with acorns and plowing boars. Edited June 21 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boriz Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 5 hours ago, farmerben said: Spruce is good for seaplanes The Spruce Goose was made of Birch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 7 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Siberian taiga (the largest biome on the Earth, and the main mechanism of the air decarbonization) mostly consists of larch. Larch apparently protecting the ice and preventing incursion from other trees https://phys.org/news/2016-06-siberian-larch-forests-linked-ice.html#google_vignette Or, if you read a different article, maybe not https://phys.org/news/2011-03-russian-boreal-forests-vegetation.html Or maybe it is https://phys.org/news/2007-09-peat-forests-permafrost.html Panik? (btw - if you do lose the Larch, we'll have to rename the Taiga to "Dark Forest" as the undergrowth will be much denser) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerben Posted Tuesday at 01:49 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:49 PM Holistic grazing management could help save the permafrost. Snow is an insulating layer that prevents permafrost from forming in the winter. With trees removed and snow trampled more permafrost will grow. Grassland can sequester carbon in soil much faster than forests. Bring back the mammoth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted Tuesday at 03:08 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:08 PM 1 hour ago, farmerben said: Bring back the mammoth! Oh, look, another publicity run by the Pleistocene Park. Check the date on this one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted Wednesday at 03:58 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:58 AM 14 hours ago, farmerben said: Grassland can sequester carbon in soil much faster than forests. To the depth of several centimeters, to return back next year. While the cold swamp forests bury the carbon under several meters of cold water, preventing it from rotting and returning to the air as CH4 and CO2. 14 hours ago, farmerben said: Bring back the mammoth! And herd them at the mammoth milk farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boriz Posted Wednesday at 08:12 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:12 AM Maybe giant waterlilly farms? They grow ridiculously quickly, up to two meters in seven days, and grow up to three meters in diameter. That's efficient carbon capture. They could be harvested, say. every two or three weeks and processed into carbon neutral biofuel. And wherever they are farmed, the albedo will be higher, reflecting more of the sun's radiant energy back out to space. The bigger the farm, the better the impact. Win-win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted Thursday at 01:07 PM Share Posted Thursday at 01:07 PM Just can't stop imagining the mutant frog that might need a Lilly Pad that big... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted Thursday at 03:57 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:57 PM Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted Friday at 04:51 AM Share Posted Friday at 04:51 AM 12 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Hide contents That is just... Not right. ... There was a Dinosaur show from about 10 years ago - one of the segments had these giant frogs That used to live back then - big enough to eat a small Dino in one bite. IIRC - one scene had a brontosaurus step on the frog If anyone remembers this - it's worth a look. Kinda horrible - but worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted Friday at 05:05 AM Share Posted Friday at 05:05 AM (Offtopic) The picture above is also a nice allusion to another sci-fi, the Emancipator series by Ray Aldridge. The creature is basically a modified axolotl, and the main hero's power armor from the series was named (back-translating from Russian) Intertribal Light Axolotl Mk. IV. So, for the Emancipator reader the scene from Fallout looks like axolotl meets axolotl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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