Listen now | A post-carbon world could be our opportunity to so better—and make the difficult transition much harder to swallow. That’s Alice Friedemann's message on this week's episode: if the world as we know it is going to change we might as well make the most of it. She worries we won’t be given the opportunity due to all the misinformation flying around, and gives a cutting analysis of how the climate change conversation is distracting from many other dangerous, concurrent such as biodiversity loss and water scarcity.
Jan 17, 2022·edited Jan 17, 2022Liked by Rachel Donald
I agreed with much of this, but I think there's a case to be made that we don't need gas to manufacture industrial fertiliser. The use of industrial fertiliser and tilling is the reason we only have a few decades of soil left. If you look at the recommended concentrations of NPK added to the soil over the last 100 years it keeps going up, as the soil gets poorer. Using regenerative farming techniques and no tillage to build healthy soil allows the organisms and fungus that populate it to access the minerals that the plant roots can't otherwise reach. Dr. Elaine Ingham's talks are a good resource to learn about this.
On nuclear, there was an interesting talk with someone who had worked with the regulatory body for Nuclear Energy in the US. I think it was on the "Facing Future" YouTube channel. His opinion was that the storage of spent fuel wasn't fit for purpose and that the regulatory body had been "captured" by the industry, pretty much echoing what Alice was saying.
all very interesting but Alice is wrong on nuclear energy on many levels (minute 34) , an interview or even a debate with a nuclear engineer would clarify the matter.
I agreed with much of this, but I think there's a case to be made that we don't need gas to manufacture industrial fertiliser. The use of industrial fertiliser and tilling is the reason we only have a few decades of soil left. If you look at the recommended concentrations of NPK added to the soil over the last 100 years it keeps going up, as the soil gets poorer. Using regenerative farming techniques and no tillage to build healthy soil allows the organisms and fungus that populate it to access the minerals that the plant roots can't otherwise reach. Dr. Elaine Ingham's talks are a good resource to learn about this.
On nuclear, there was an interesting talk with someone who had worked with the regulatory body for Nuclear Energy in the US. I think it was on the "Facing Future" YouTube channel. His opinion was that the storage of spent fuel wasn't fit for purpose and that the regulatory body had been "captured" by the industry, pretty much echoing what Alice was saying.
A friend pointed me to this. May I spend a few minutes talking about nuclear power, government planning and economics?
all very interesting but Alice is wrong on nuclear energy on many levels (minute 34) , an interview or even a debate with a nuclear engineer would clarify the matter.