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5 Radical Ideas to Fix Global Warming
This is hilarious. Must see!
#5 is clearly the answer.
Oops, here's the link!
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/geoengineering-460110
Re: 5 Radical Ideas to Fix Global Warming
Hmm... I didn't take it badly, or to be completely laughed at. Yes it was all pretty laughable and out there, but actually stuff that's being done, and who knows, maybe they will find a way to use algae to purify the air, or make world-size carbon scrubbers.
The frisbee one is for me the stupidest though.
Grass fed cows release less methane than grain-fed cows (i don't remember the source... maybe they don't actually produce less, but the grass fields involve less carbon output than gran crops)... no need to bio-engineer the cows, folks.
Best sound ever: baby's heartbeat! (Heard @ 10w1d)
My husband actually presented at a national scientific conference on converting algae into a source of renewable energy for operating industrial scale facilities. Its absolutely possible and an idea that's well circulated throughout the environmental scientific community.
The methane is contained in lagoons and funneled into an anaerobic digester that converts it into energy. So those grain fed cattle farms have a solution to off-set their methane production. My husband's firm has designed and installed digesters throughout the state of CA (and he's personally testified in regulatory hearings on renewable energy before the CPUC and against major utilitiy companies) as well as the world - Chile, India, Mexico, Indonesia, etc. Its a wonderful industrial tool to combat climate change.
Yeah, the frisbee idea seems, well, poorly thought out. Even if it was doable, then we're just polluting space, right? And isn't there supposedly already a ton of junk in our orbit?
Algae to save the world!
I completely agree.
#1- I heard a presentation about this idea in college. Most of it went way over my wee little head, but carbon sequestration may be possible. There is even some speculation that the earth may do this naturally. I have issues with the idea of messing with the earth this much without fully knowing the consequences. I also have doubts that it would solve things in time to benefit the human race.
#2- Logic FAIL. Volcanic eruptions can cause temporary cooling events. However, those gases released include greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide).
#3- Throwing MORE trash in space? How do you expect to get it back out again? Last I checked, the sun was still our main energy source and neccessary to survival of life on earth. Horrible idea.
#4- Already being used in coal power plants. Problem is, they're extremely expensive and not all that effective.
#5- I swear I saw an episode of Living with Ed recently where he went to dairy farm that was turning methane emissions from cows into power. And the cows didn't have tanks strapped to their backs. I'm all for using methane power, be it from cows or from landfills.
KlassywithaK's post on energy has an article about a dairy farmer using the manure to create energy. I think its a great idea. The world has lots of poop!
The institutional obstacle to converting waste (be it from cows, pigs or human waste) to energy is establishing state and national regulations for renewable energy.
Private utilities companies are not in favor of renewable energy sources ETA, ETA - that are independently procured (through anaerobic digesters) because it lowers their profit margin. A major CA utility company insisted on charging farmers for energy they did not generate simply because it was still detectable on their meters.
The set-up tarinay was describing sounds exactly like what I saw. That is awesome that it makes the fertilizer less stinky too. I'm guessing the same thing could be done at pig farms as well. Yea, turn poops into fuel!
It does!!
Domestic pets too. I know that San Francisco is/was supposedly looking into using pet waste, but I don't know what's come of that. http://environment.about.com/od/renewableenergy/a/animalwaste.htm
Whoa, considering that there are more dogs than children in SF (actual figure, but can't cite it right now) that would be awesome!
I haven't heard about this to be honest (SF shoots out so many proposals - and some unfortunately don't stick) but I wonder how they would implement it or if they even have an anaerobic digester in their waste facilities?