One of the rallying cries issuing from the street protests at COP26 in Glasgow is No Net Zero, Just Zero. It is a nice thought but not very practical. Not everything that fossil fuels do for humanity can be quickly replaced with sunlight. There will necessarily be a long, painful period of adjustment while farmers go organic, chemical companies create and bring to market plant-based plastics and solvents, and planes, trucks and cargo ships electrify with some version of blue-green hydrogen. Transportation and the power grid are actually the easier parts of The Big Switch; the low-hanging fruit that can operate on the gases of decaying fruit.
The Great Pause Week 87: Casting the Net
The Great Pause Week 87: Casting the Net
The Great Pause Week 87: Casting the Net
One of the rallying cries issuing from the street protests at COP26 in Glasgow is No Net Zero, Just Zero. It is a nice thought but not very practical. Not everything that fossil fuels do for humanity can be quickly replaced with sunlight. There will necessarily be a long, painful period of adjustment while farmers go organic, chemical companies create and bring to market plant-based plastics and solvents, and planes, trucks and cargo ships electrify with some version of blue-green hydrogen. Transportation and the power grid are actually the easier parts of The Big Switch; the low-hanging fruit that can operate on the gases of decaying fruit.