Conservation And Rehabilitation For Sustainable Carbon Capture

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Sturm Enrich 0 Comments carbon capture, climate change, Conservation And Rehabilitation For Sustainable Carbon Capture

Climate change is still largely misunderstood. The popular – or promoted – version of climate change suggests that once we switch to clean, renewable energy, life will go on as usual.

That’s not so. The switch to renewable energy alone won’t stop climate change. Apart from the fact that we are not ready to produce enough clean energy to meet current demand, there isn’t any one, single factor causing climate change. Addressing just one contributing factor of many won’t keep the Earth livable.

Dramatic reduction of carbon emissions; eliminating plastic production and use; reduced reliance on natural resources; fundamentally changing the way we dispose of trash; changing eating habits; elimination of factory farming and industrial agriculture; population growth control; efficient carbon capture; and many other steps are needed to address climate change systematically.

Producing and switching to renewable energy is important. Conservation and rehabilitation of the ecosystem (including preserving biodiversity, reclaiming wildlife habitat, etc.) is equally – if not more – important.

The Earth that supports life is a well-balanced SYSTEM. Now, the once well-balanced system is out of whack. The forests, soil, and oceans that used to absorb carbon emissions are depleted or damaged and not as efficient as they used to be at capturing carbon emissions.

There is notable progress in carbon capture technologies. Some seem promising. Once you take a closer look at the technologies, however… everything – same old, same old – relies on further exploitation of natural resources and equipment manufactured by fossil fuel-powered industries. The projected carbon capture capacity of these new – and in many ways, costly – technologies is minuscule.

Conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of the natural environment is the best solution for sustainable carbon capture! The soil, forests, and oceans – including ocean life – capture carbon, naturally. There is no need for new carbon capture technologies that come with known downsides and unforeseen “side effects”, and intense reliance on natural resources and fossil fuel; we need a restored and rehabilitated environment that’s healthy enough to effectively capture carbon emissions.

Industrial-scale deforestation, plastics, water contamination, factory farming, and industrial agriculture have to go, ASAP!

Of course, conservation is crucial, but neither conservation nor restoration can make up for time. Planting trees is a praiseworthy effort. But even in this case, time is a factor. Old trees are not renewable. A sapling doesn’t replace a 100-year-old tree or the 100-year-old tree’s capacity to capture carbon emissions. Another thing to consider is the location of new trees. Location determines the tree’s efficiency to capture carbon.

It took millennia of evolution, change, and adaptation for our ecosystem to become life-sustaining. It took only 300 hundred years of ecocide to inflict damage so extensive that it caused climate change. The damage can’t – and won’t – be remedied in a day, a month, or a year.

Even science can’t manipulate time.

A better understanding of our role in climate change is needed urgently. We have to change our focus from endless expansion to sustainability. Drastic changes – on a global, local, and personal scale – will be unavoidable. Ignoring warnings of top scientists and going about business as usual ACCELERATES climate change.

Don’t believe me. Take a look at the news: temperatures and destructive weather events are now called “record-breaking” for their intensity and frequency. The longer we wait the worse it’s going to get.

Evolving Show episodes on the topic of sustainability:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcd6wwPSXLDlB-YUbwm0zL5thTLTKiPU3

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