“The news shows that it’s difficult for consumers to make virtuous or even healthy choices when many of the options on the market are a “pick your poison.” It makes any eco-conscious person want to throw their hands up in despair.”
Interesting conclusion given the headline of the article… So 90% of the paper straw brands tested had PFAS. Okay, obviously not good. But that means some companies already make them without PFAS, so 1: What compaies do and that will help consumers select a good alternative. I imagine a ‘PFAS free’ label would be just as successful as the ‘BPA free’ movement. 2: it’s possible to make them without, so all that is needed to PFAS regulation, which many nations are already working on, and then the paper alternative is viable again.
It’s stories like these that say “the good you are trying to do is really bad” that make it hard. Environmental problems don’t have silver bullets. They require trade offs and problem solving and informed decisions.
It also takes multiple iterations and trial and error to get things right. I feel like that’s also why a lot of the less technical/scientifically informed individuals mistrust/lose trust in the scientific community because they expect the first answer to be the best/right one.
That is super cool, and is certainly exciting news for the fight against climate change. I just learned the other day that Venus suffered a massive climate change with the build up of CO2 that is the reason why it is how it is today; and I’d hate to think of the earth suffering a similar fate.
Li’s team has also designed a refrigerator-sized fuel cell that uses a liquefied version of the stored power. That could produce electricity for homes, he said, and “nothing goes into the atmosphere.”
If the powder does not release anything into the environment then this could actually be carbon negative?
I’m assuming they’re referring to a closed carbon loop instead of the current open one. If we reduce greenhouse gasses to a reasonable level then extract as much CO2 as we input, there’s really no issue.
When major wind patterns change due to climate disruption it can make deserts wet and warm places very cold. I think northern Europe could be in for a shock if they started getting weather like northern Canada has at the same latitude.
They already fucked over the Florida Keys along with other invasive pets that got released like iguanas, curly tailed skinks, and the fucking snakes in the everglades.
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