Comments on: Reduce, reuse, recycle http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MLH http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-103691 MLH Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:55:01 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/#comment-103691 Do you really think you need that lipstick, Ariel? I gave it up years ago, and I'm female... Do you really think you need that lipstick, Ariel? I gave it up years ago, and I’m female…

]]> By: Hooray for peak oil http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-103580 Hooray for peak oil Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:07:14 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/#comment-103580 Germany to go 100% renewable energy by 2050 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/germanyRenewable2050.php Germany to go 100% renewable energy by 2050 http://www.i-sis.org.uk/germanyRenewable2050.php

]]> By: Peter Pumpkin Eater http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-103579 Peter Pumpkin Eater Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:06:15 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/#comment-103579 Organic Can Save the World from Climate Chaos "... carbon sequestration is the best way to buy time in a warming world. Cutting emissions will help, but not as immediately as sequestration...food production must be fundamentally restructured to simultaneously preempt and react to the devastating effects of climate change. ...organic agriculture presents an untapped solution, an underutilized carbon sink at the ready. ...if the world's 3.5 billion tillable acres could be transitioned to organic agriculture now, land could sequester almost 40 percent of our current carbon emissions. No other proposed carbon mitigation solution comes close to that potential impact, particularly using existing and readily available technology." Rodale Institute, February 2009 Learn More: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_19229.cfm Organic Can Save the World from Climate Chaos

“… carbon sequestration is the best way to buy time in a warming world. Cutting emissions will help, but not as immediately as sequestration…food production must be fundamentally restructured to simultaneously preempt and react to the devastating effects of climate change. …organic agriculture presents an untapped solution, an underutilized carbon sink at the ready. …if the world’s 3.5 billion tillable acres could be transitioned to organic agriculture now, land could sequester almost 40 percent of our current carbon emissions. No other proposed carbon mitigation solution comes close to that potential impact, particularly using existing and readily available technology.”

Rodale Institute, February 2009

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]]> By: Twitter Trackbacks for Thought Leader » Ariel Goldberg » Reduce, reuse, recycle [thoughtleader.co.za] on Topsy.com http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-103510 Twitter Trackbacks for Thought Leader » Ariel Goldberg » Reduce, reuse, recycle [thoughtleader.co.za] on Topsy.com Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:05:56 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/#comment-103510 [...] Thought Leader » Ariel Goldberg » Reduce, reuse, recycle www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change – view page – cached Copenhagen is around the corner. Unfortunately it is unlikely that there will be any final treaty coming out of the Danish capital. Two weeks ago Barack Obama already warned that there is not enough... Read moreCopenhagen is around the corner. Unfortunately it is unlikely that there will be any final treaty coming out of the Danish capital. Two weeks ago Barack Obama already warned that there is not enough time to secure a legally binding deal at the conference and hopes are set instead on making it a first-stage series of commitments rather than an all-encompassing View page [...] [...] Thought Leader » Ariel Goldberg » Reduce, reuse, recycle http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change – view page – cached Copenhagen is around the corner. Unfortunately it is unlikely that there will be any final treaty coming out of the Danish capital. Two weeks ago Barack Obama already warned that there is not enough… Read moreCopenhagen is around the corner. Unfortunately it is unlikely that there will be any final treaty coming out of the Danish capital. Two weeks ago Barack Obama already warned that there is not enough time to secure a legally binding deal at the conference and hopes are set instead on making it a first-stage series of commitments rather than an all-encompassing View page [...]

]]> By: Robin Grant http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-103406 Robin Grant Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:40:50 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/#comment-103406 I fully support what you are saying here. The real issue that remains well hidden from those with good intentions is the fact that for every bag of garbage that you generate at home, 30 bags have been generated upstream in the manufacturing process. For the process you describe to be effective, we are going to have to rethink everything we use and make. Our disposable economy, and products engineered to break is the biggest problem. This is fueled by the capitalist economy's desire for profit. Really at the core of it, is that it is time replace our money backed economy with a resourced based economies. Without this fundamental shift we are probably destined to self destruct. I fear however that for those who have spent centuries building up their material wealth, that this may not be an attractive option. I fully support what you are saying here. The real issue that remains well hidden from those with good intentions is the fact that for every bag of garbage that you generate at home, 30 bags have been generated upstream in the manufacturing process.
For the process you describe to be effective, we are going to have to rethink everything we use and make. Our disposable economy, and products engineered to break is the biggest problem. This is fueled by the capitalist economy’s desire for profit.
Really at the core of it, is that it is time replace our money backed economy with a resourced based economies. Without this fundamental shift we are probably destined to self destruct.
I fear however that for those who have spent centuries building up their material wealth, that this may not be an attractive option.

]]> By: Andrew Slaughter http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/comment-page-1/#comment-103404 Andrew Slaughter Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:30:40 +0000 http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/arielgoldberg/2009/12/01/the-climate-challenge-cut-carbon-dare-to-change/#comment-103404 According to some commentators (see The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies), a more pressing problem, and one connected to the use of fossil fuels and climate change, is that of diminishing access to easy fossil fuel sources for energy. According to some, energy is, and will in the future, become increasingly expensive and hard to produce. Humanity is going to go through a difficult transition from a industrialized society with almost unlimited energy allowing unlimited industrial growth, to a scenario where energy will have to be derived from diminishing fossil fuels, and renewable sources. At present, renewable energy technology cannot provide the same level of energy as fossil fuels, and we don't have enough time to develop the technology sufficiently to prevent a curb in economic growth. Therefore, both climate change skeptics, and those who accept the phenomenon of human caused global warming, should concede that conserving fossil fuels at this stage should be a priority. Especially crude oil, which has many uses besides as a fuel source. According to some commentators (see The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies), a more pressing problem, and one connected to the use of fossil fuels and climate change, is that of diminishing access to easy fossil fuel sources for energy. According to some, energy is, and will in the future, become increasingly expensive and hard to produce. Humanity is going to go through a difficult transition from a industrialized society with almost unlimited energy allowing unlimited industrial growth, to a scenario where energy will have to be derived from diminishing fossil fuels, and renewable sources. At present, renewable energy technology cannot provide the same level of energy as fossil fuels, and we don’t have enough time to develop the technology sufficiently to prevent a curb in economic growth. Therefore, both climate change skeptics, and those who accept the phenomenon of human caused global warming, should concede that conserving fossil fuels at this stage should be a priority. Especially crude oil, which has many uses besides as a fuel source.

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