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West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbalanced Melting’

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Re: West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbalanced Melting’

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Post by tjic »

oliv__ wrote: post #4
ajmurmann wrote: post #2

What's the best way to profit from rising sea levels? Investing in land that's higher up in our nearby coastal cities?

This better be sarcasm

Trying to make a profit is the most effective way of helping people.

I hope that it is NOT sarcasm.

Re: West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbalanced Melting’

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Post by ocschwar »

staticelf wrote: post #23

This is why big countries suck. They are slow to change and a wrong move is horribly damaging. Look at the US or China, no matter how I or all my countrymen live in Sweden it won't really matter if climate change deniers get in charge in the US for example. I just think it's so sad to see everything go to shit due to some greedy assholes that won't invest in solutions that are effective AND sustainable. I plan to bec…

China halts work on partly built coal plants.

http://dailytimes.com.pk/business/23-Oct-16/china-axes-part-...

Re: West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbalanced Melting’

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Post by rwmj »

ocschwar wrote: post #33

Grow bamboo. Harvest it. Bury it. That's the sort of thing we have to start thinking about.

I wonder if the carbon released by digging holes and cutting down the bamboo is greater than the carbon sequestered this way? At any rate I'd suggest not bothering to bury the bamboo, you can just pile it up somewhere.

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Post by Spooky23 »

ajmurmann wrote: post #2

What's the best way to profit from rising sea levels? Investing in land that's higher up in our nearby coastal cities?

Wait for a couple of years of heavy flooding/storm activity, buy distressed beachfront property at a discount, and flip it when you have a few years with no flooding.

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Post by ChrisBland »

ocschwar wrote: post #33

Grow bamboo. Harvest it. Bury it. That's the sort of thing we have to start thinking about.

It has been a while but I thought that algae grown in raceway farms was the most efficient way to remove carbon? Love to read more on the bamboo side of it if you have links.

Re: West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbalanced Melting’

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Post by ocschwar »

rwmj wrote: post #34
ocschwar wrote: post #33

Grow bamboo. Harvest it. Bury it. That's the sort of thing we have to start thinking about.

I wonder if the carbon released by digging holes and cutting down the bamboo is greater than the carbon sequestered this way? At any rate I'd suggest not bothering to bury the bamboo, you can just pile it up somewhere.

Well, we have all sorts of schemes proposed to partly burn biomass and bury or spread the resulting charcoal. Surely raw green bamboo would hold more carbon.

Re: West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbalanced Melting’

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Post by M_Grey »

staticelf wrote: post #19
cardiac wrote: post #8

Yet another money grab by greedy bull shitting scientists and enabling media. Ice on the continent as a whole is growing.

I think you mean bullshitting. But it is you who are doing that, unfortunately.

Don't feed the troll, it will just encourage more of the same behavior.

Re: West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbalanced Melting’

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Post by Frompo »

rwmj wrote: post #34
ocschwar wrote: post #33

Grow bamboo. Harvest it. Bury it. That's the sort of thing we have to start thinking about.

I wonder if the carbon released by digging holes and cutting down the bamboo is greater than the carbon sequestered this way? At any rate I'd suggest not bothering to bury the bamboo, you can just pile it up somewhere.

Bamboo rots and emits methane.
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