New Year's is a great time to resolve to make a big change in your life, and this month we're challenging you to try making a change that will have the greatest impact on your personal footprint — trying a plant-based diet!
Why plant-based?
Foods that come from animals — such as meat, dairy, and eggs — take a lot more resources to produce than plant-based foods. By switching to a plant-based diet, we can reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of our diet by 49%! This also results in a 76% reduction in land use, as well as a significant reduction in water use and water pollution.
To best illustrate just how impactful this change is, here are a few visual aids:
Greenhouse gas emissions by food type, divided by source
Water withdrawals by food type
Graph source, and further reading.
Why not just eat local?
Many assume that eating local is key to a low-carbon diet, however, transport emissions are a very small percentage of food's total emissions — only 6% globally. Transport typically accounts for less than 1% of beef’s GHG emissions: choosing to eat local has very minimal effects on its total footprint. The production of animal products is where most of their footprint comes from, and it is something that cannot be reduced without greatly increasing land usage, which in and of itself is a problem.
If you want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local.
So, where do I start?
We highly recommend starting simple: choose a meal that you already love, and simply swap out some ingredients to make it more plant-centric. This could be something simple like lentil bolognese, or perhaps something a bit more complicated like butter chicken, but with tofu instead! F
... keep reading on reddit ➡Last month the Solana Foundation announced it’s blockchain SOL is carbon neutral, thanks to carbon offsets.
Carbon offsets are attempted reductions in GHG emissions +/ an increase in carbon storage (e.g., land restoration +/ planting of trees). These are done to try to ‘compensate’ for carbon emissions.
But these measures are only bandaids, and not great ones at that. Not even half the average dollar spent on carbon offsets is spent on actual GHG emission reduction efforts - planting trees doesn’t blanket the damage done by fossil fuels like crude oil - and programs like this can incentivize indulgence if one only just has to pay a little more to make the polluting activity ‘carbon neutral’.
Electricity, computers, and thus all of cryptography runs on currently very non eco friendly global power grids. While the amount of power that Bitcoin uses is minuscule compared to central banking expenses and polluting activities; The amount of power anything uses is an important issue we should be continuing to discuss. How can we make blockchain truly more eco-friendly?
Hey, I usually just like to share news/info/discuss with others on this sub. This is a bit more of a shill for the space so please excuse my capital markets lens here... Just thought this might prompt some discussion:
I'm placing some of my biggest bets to date on cell-based foods. Here's why:
- Worldwide demand for meat products is expected to rise to over 500 million by 2050.
- Industrial meat production is the single largest cause of deforestation globally (a major catalyst for decreased carbon capture)
- 30% of the earth's land surface is currently used for livestock farming. An Oxford study in 2011 estimated lab-grown meat production could involve up to 96% fewer GHG emissions and 98% less land use
- Animal and plant farming account for 70% of the water used on earth today (98% of the total volume of water used for animal agriculture refers to the water footprint of the feed for the animals). About one-third of the world’s grain and 80 percent of the world’s soya is fed to the animals we rear for food. Cell-based foods represent the opportunity to use 95% less water to produce meat.
The big boys in meat production/processing have entered the chat:
- Tyson Foods, Cargill (both investors in Upside Foods that just opened a facility on US soil with capacity to produce upwards to 200,000 kg/year) are investing millions into the space. Upside has raised the most money in the space with a Series B in Jan 2020 totalling $161 Million. Tyson and Cargill have been invested since 2018.
“We’re excited about this opportunity to broaden our exposure to innovative, new ways of producing meat, especially since global protein demand has been increasing at a steady rate,” said Justin Whitmore, executive vice president corporate strategy and chief sustainability officer of Tyson Foods. “We continue to invest significantly in our traditional meat business, but also believe in exploring additional opportunities for growth that give consumers more choices.”
- The world's largest meat processor (Brazil's JBS) plans to acquire a majority stake in Biotech Foods (a spanish cultivated meat company) for US $100 Million and plans to bring cultivated meat to market by 2024. Approx. half of that investment will go towards a production facility.
Well-known investors are participating:
- Jim Mellon (Agronomics - 14% of share capital), Bill Gates (Upside, BioMilq - $3.5 Million), and Richard Branson (Upside) are all supporting companies in the ind
#BlackBerry Achieves Carbon Neutrality
BlackBerry invests in carbon removal for a net effect of being carbon negative
BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) announced today it has achieved carbon neutrality across Scope 1, Scope 2 and material Scope 3 emissions, the three groups that categorize the emissions a company creates, as classified under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Corporate Standard. Additionally, BlackBerry has invested in carbon removal, for a net effect of the company removing carbon from the atmosphere.
BlackBerry has achieved these environmental sustainability milestones by:
- Moving company and customer workloads to the cloud. Customers are deploying our cloud-based solutions, including BlackBerry® UEM Cloud, BlackBerry® Optics 3.0, and BlackBerry® Workspaces.
- Reducing direct and indirect emissions across our operations by 88% since 2013, across company facilities, energy consumption, business travel, waste management and more.
- Partnering with the Restore the Earth Foundation in the United States to help reforest the Mississippi River Basin, North America's Amazon.
- Investing in advanced wastewater treatment technology in Canada, which eliminates the environmental impacts of, and consumes less energy than, traditional systems.
- Partnering with School Boards in Canada to implement energy efficiency measures. The partnership also includes enabling climate change related education and programs. Investing in innovative cookstove technology in Rwanda, which significantly reduces non-renewable fuel consumption and relieves deforestation pressures.
- Committing to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), whose purpose is to mobilize a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders to create the world we want.
"Businesses are key to building a more sustainable and equitable today and tomorrow" said Neelam Sandhu, SVP & Chief Elite Customer Success Officer, BlackBerry. "BlackBerry is proud to have achieved carbon neutrality, invest in carbon removal, and partner with customers to reduce their carbon footprints through our cloud-based solutions."
"It has been a pleasure to partner with BlackBerry on their achievement of carbon neutrality" said Dan Fraleigh, CEO, Carbonzero, a leader in corporate carbon management strategies and solutions. "_We applaud their approach to significantly reducing direct and indirect emissions, and offsetting the remainder through investments in Canadian
... keep reading on reddit ➡HPQ Nano Silicon Reactor Update posted on Jan 12, 2022 08:00AM Use the IP Check tool [?] MONTREAL, Jan. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HPQ Silicon Resources Inc. (“HPQ” or the “Company”) ( TSX-V: HPQ ) ( OTCQX: HPQFF ) ( FWB: UGE ), an innovative silicon solutions and technology development company, through its wholly – owned subsidiary HPQ Nano Silicon Powders inc (“HPQ NANO”), would like to update shareholders on advancements of the PUREVAP TM Nano Silicon Reactor (“NSiR”) development project led by technology provider, PyroGenesis Canada Inc. ( TSX: PYR ) ( NASDAQ: PYR ) ( FRA: 8PY ).
ADVANCING METHODICALLY, FOCUS ON BATTERY GRADE NANO SILICON MATERIALS As expected with ground-breaking R&D projects, the PyroGenesis engineering team continued to resolve design and process issues encountered during Phase 1 of the PUREVAP TM NSiR development program. As testing progressed during the second half of 2021, the challenge for the team became eliminating oxygen from the final product of nano-silicon material. The oxygen was affecting our ability to produce qualified samples.
Systematic analysis of the process performed by the PyroGenesis technical team indicated that:
The internal sources of oxygen contamination were directly linked to the heat – resistant liner material used in the Gen1 PUREVAP TM NSiR , a modified Gen2 PUREVAP TM Quartz Reduction Reactor (“QRR”) , originally designed for the carboreduction of quartz into Silicon (Si), The GEN 1 PUREVAP™ NSIR needed to be re-designed and rebuilt to eliminate the internal sources of the contamination. The modified Gen1.5 PUREVAP TM NSiR system was re-designed and built in Q3 2021 and commissioned in Q4 2021. Preliminary results obtained with material produced during commissioning tests completed in December are very promising. Once final adjustments are completed, expected in January, the system will be ready to produce new samples for third party evaluation.
“For HPQ NANO, 2021 was the year of “Slow is Smooth & Smooth is Fast”. While it may have taken us longer than we had expected to get here, we are here now, ready to revolutionize nano-silicon materials manufacturing for batteries, a market that is ready to explode” s aid Bernard Tourillon, President and CEO of HPQ Silicon. “While HPQ value proposition is derived from harnessing the potential of our silicon materials innovations, manufacturing and commercializing the silicon and nano Silicon materials needed to offer ESG compliant silicon materials
... keep reading on reddit ➡Now, I am an environmental researcher. It is basically my job to research, read and evaluate impact. And I am tired of people on the news or tweeter promoting leather, shitting on vegan leather. They will be "omg vegan leather is plastic, leather is just skin, just a by product. I tan my own leather with my own shit and piss all natural". It infuriates me as a vegan and as a scientist. About 96% of leather is chromium tanned, which is super toxic to human and the waste waters are destroying drinkable water and ecosystems. Lots of leather are NOT a by product, there are cows killed exclusively for leather. Leather is NOT biodegradable, the heavily processed to make it degrade don't even reach the lowest end of biodegradability in lab controlled composters and digestors, imagine how they behave in a land field. Tanning is done so it never biodegrades, that is the point of it. Data shows, leather is the worse textile in terms of footprint (GHG, water use, resource uses, polluting etc). it is actually worse than plastic because of the cost of production. Science of environmental footprint is very complex and often there is surprising results (like pastic bags being better than paper or fabric below a high number of reuses). We are so worried about pLaStiC that we ignore that "natural" alternatives process is also very damaging.
Also many vegan leaders are cellulose based textiles, made from apple and pineapple waste, cacti, mushrooms, mango waste. But they will completely ignore that. And no matter how many studies I cite where I show my point they will just made another argument pulled out of their ass, when I easily can proof them wrong.
They love to ignore that the plastic leather is just a cheap alternative EVERYONE buys because is cheap and people like to buy shit, consumerism and fast fashion are at fault, not wanting to avoid animal cruelty. Every fucking week is the same shit.
PPGH-Gogoro Expansion/Partnership into India
On September 16th Gogoro Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement with Poema Global Holdings Corp. (PPGH)My research takes a look at what Gogoro’s expansion into India could mean for the company. The information is sourced from various official websites and some of it formulated from my research. Not financial advice. As of November 24th 2021, I’m holding 68,000 warrants and plan to increase this over time. If you have no insight on the company, I suggest you read through my previously posted DD (Part 1 - https://www.reddit.com/r/SPACs/comments/qyuzll/ppgh_gogoro_dd_part_1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Part 2 - https://www.reddit.com/r/SPACs/comments/qyv7wb/ppgh_gogoro_dd_part_2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 ) on Gogoro before reading this, to give you a better understanding of the broader prospects of the company.
April 21, 2021 - Hero Motocorp And Gogoro Announce Strategic Partnership To Accelerate The Shift To Electric Transportation In India.
Since its start in 2011 Gogoro has grown at an exponential rate, launching its first electric scooter in 2015 and expanding into new markets like Berlin, Paris, Madrid, South Korea and recently announced its expansion into India, China and Indonesia.
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The two biggest markets for 2 wheelers, with OVER 20 million two-wheelers sold in India, while China trailed at 15.2 million units.
India is the largest manufacturer of two wheelers in the world, with an estimate of 37 million motorcycles/mopeds, and is home to the largest number of motorized two wheelers in the world. The two-wheeler market primarily consists of motorcycle and scooter segments. In the domestic market, two-wheeler industry production grew from 23.2 million units in 2017-18 to 24.5 million units in 2018-19. Motorcycles, scooters and moped markets across the world are likely to grow to 62.6 million units by 2025 at a Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7 percent, claims a study by Research and Markets. The study forecasts that during this period, t
I like Robert's work generally and came over to listening to ICHH, from Behind the Bastards. But this podcast is clearly just idealising rural anarchism. Rural life is not a solution for 8 Billion people.
The latest episode, Fixing our Dirt Had a guest on, to rail in vague terms about capitalist agriculture. Then in terms of solutions, mentioned fairly labour-intensive, low yield agriculture methods. Much of which is not scaleable. Other episodes, particularly the narrative bits continually present the ideal anarchist society, as being an locally autarkic agricultural commune.
Agriculture has to feed Billions of People. There are issues with modern agriculture, 100%. But Permaculture has not shown the capacity or ability to be able to feed the current population. Nor do people generally want to go back to farming. The entire modern era has shown an endless stream of people leaving agricultural/rural areas. Efforts to reverse the trend, and have people go back to it, have failed. If you personally want to do it, that's fine. But people generally absolutely do not want to. Most first-world nations have to import foreign agricultural labour, even when offering good wages to native workers.
Additionally, mass transport of agricultural products doesn't make much in terms of carbon emissions. The vast majority of carbon emissions from agriculture are in growing and harvesting it, not transporting it. The focus on local sourcing agriculture is not helpful.
> We find that although food is transported long distances in general (1640 km delivery and 6760 km life-cycle supply chain on average) the GHG emissions associated with food are dominated by the production phase, contributing 83% of the average U.S. household’s 8.1 t CO2e/yr footprint for food consumption. Transportation as a whole represents only 11% of life-cycle GHG emissions, and final delivery from producer to retail contributes only 4%. Different food groups exhibit a large range in GHG-intensity; on average, red meat is around 150% more GHG-intensive than chicken or fish. Thus, we suggest that dietary shift can be a more effective means of lowering an average household’s food-related climate footprint than “buying local.” Shifting less than one day per week’s worth of calories from red meat and dairy products to chicken, fish, eggs, or a vegetable-based di
... keep reading on reddit ➡ArcelorMittal announces CAD$205 million decarbonisation investment in its flagship Canadian mining operations with support from the Quebec government
3 November 2021, 18:35 CET
At an event held at COP26 today, ArcelorMittal ( MT ) (‘the Company’) and the government of Quebec announced a CAD$205 million investment by ArcelorMittal Mining Canada (‘AMMC’) in its Port-Cartier pellet plant, enabling this facility to convert its entire 110 million tonne annual pellet production to direct reduced iron (‘DRI’) pellets by the end of 2025.
The investment, in which the Quebec government will contribute through an electricity rebate of up to CAD$80 million, will enable the Port-Cartier plant to become one of the world’s largest producers of DRI pellets, the raw material feedstock for ironmaking in a DRI furnace. The project includes the implementation of a flotation system that will enable a significant reduction of silica in the iron ore pellets, facilitating the production of a very high-quality pellet.
The project will deliver a direct annual CO2e reduction of approximately 200,000 tonnes at AMMC’s Port-Cartier pellet plant, equivalent to over 20% of the pellet plant’s total annual CO2e emissions. This reduction in CO2e emissions will be achieved through a reduction in the energy required during the pelletising process.
A DRI plant uses natural gas to reduce iron ore, resulting in a significant reduction in CO2 emissions compared with coal-based blast furnace ironmaking. In Hamburg, Germany, ArcelorMittal ( MT ) is trialing replacing natural gas with hydrogen to make DRI, with its industrial scale pilot project anticipated to be commissioned before the end of 2025. The DRI installations the Company has announced it is developing in Belgium, Canada and Spain are all being constructed to be hydrogen-ready, so as and when green hydrogen is available in sufficient quantities at affordable prices the Company can produce DRI with near zero-carbon emissions.
Approximately 250 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase of the project in Port-Cartier, which is scheduled to be begin mid-2023 and complete before the end of 2025.
Expressing the Quebec government’s support for the project, Premier François Legault said:
“With this project, the Port-Cartier *plant wi
... keep reading on reddit ➡This post is brought to you by history, which people have gotten really good at forgetting.
“To forget is to offend, and memory, when it is shared, abolishes this offence. If we want to share the beauty of the world, if we want to be in solidarity with its suffering, we need to learn how to remember together.” - Édouard Glissant
But first, a meme.
Oil & gas bulls watching the UN COP26 Climate Change Conference play out
I have previously posted about the widespread similarities between modern times and the early 1970s. I find it interesting how remarkably similar the 1960s were, to our now shared desire to cut down on fossil fuels, may lead us directly into a supply-demand imbalance which has economic, geopolitical, and social/cultural consequences. I acknowledge that climate change is considered an existential crisis by many, and don’t have a whole lot of solutions to offer beyond basic conservation, but I think it pretty plain to see what is coming.
Back in June I submitted this post and made a note that I would submit another post as a status update on the gas situation prior to the winter. This is that post.
Since that time my conviction has grown, that, depending upon the coming together of a few geopolitical and climate-related factors, there is a high probability that we are on the cusp of what will likely be a prolonged energy crisis (otherwise interpreted as an investing opportunity) of epic proportions. This situation is based on the following factors, which I will develop as themes further on in this DD.
(1) Push for countries to set and meet Net Zero Carbon (NZC) emissions targets on the parts of governments, politicians, academics, and environmentalists;
(2) Underinvestment in infrastructure/capital expenditures (CAPEX) on the part of the energy industry, largely due to #1 (a.k.a. the “Revenge of the Old Economy”); and,
(3) Seasonality, driven largely by climate change-related extremes in temperature and precipitation.
I think that the commodity supercycle is about a lot more then steel, cement, copper, or even just energy. I think it's a cyclical rotation from one group of commoditi
... keep reading on reddit ➡I deleted my other post like an idiot............ So heres everything again
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Oh no the sky is falling. Everyone is going to die.
Seriously what's with environmentalists and doomerism.
In the 60's it was overpopulation and we'd run out of food.
In the 2000's, it was peak oil and how oil would run out..
I don't deny climate change and it needs to be dealt with. But the doomerism environmentalists scream about is just insane and unproductive.
Call me cynical but I think that they're just trying to use the threat of the end of the world to try and get more funding and scare people into buying their expensive "green" technology.
If environmental scientists convince everybody that the world is ending and only they know how to reverse it then they'll get more funding. I'm not saying that climate change isn't real and I'm not saying that humanity doesn't contribute to it but this is such an obvious grift. The world isn't ending, it is changing.
Ah yes, it’s the damn wealthy scientists that are exaggerating and lying for money, and not…you know, the actually wealthy who currently benefit from our collective apathy and misinformation.
If you don't think that climate scientists have a vested financial interest in switching over to green energy than I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
Altruism doesn't exist, these people want to make money just like everybody else. They're using fear to sell their product.
Why the fuck would climate scientists have an incentive in switching to green energy?
Climate scientists do research and don't have a product to sell. They would do the same research if global warming wasn't a thing at all.
If climate scientists wanted to make bank they would switch to the private sector and not try to get the entire world to change its ways.
*You actually believe people are motivated by a desire to make the world a be
... keep reading on reddit ➡About Ledger8760:
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Ledger’s growing team has deep expertise in energy policy, Human Centered Design, FinTech, and data science. We are a passionate, semi-distributed team (sometimes we work in-person, sometimes we work over Zoom) collaborating in an agile process—pairing developers, designers, & product owners to build products that meet our customers’ core needs.
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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
With major carbon taxes increasing continually...I remain extreme bullish. GHG emissions reduction stimulus from govt across the globe is also going to benefit huge. World is going green and PYR and HPQ is very well positioned
Many government around the planet has already committed billions in economic Covid stimulus connected to GHG emissions reduction. Plus carbon tax penalties imposed by the same governments. Imho going to happen faster than most think. The world is going green one way or another and PyroGenesis and HPQ are very well positioned.
The principle is green tech. The market is there. Climate change is real and we will eventually have to curb our GHG emissions or the planet will not be hospitable. Industrial giants understand this and are acting on it. As Peter said, lending institutions are now tying credit to carbon emissions and governments are giving tax benefits to companies reducing carbon footprint. Its a question of when, not if.
Even IF PYR and HPQ was just 1 division with monster upside that they uniquely have w their proprietary tech, engineering and patents is amazing BUT 4+ distinct divisions EACH in massive industries not co-dependant on each other...this is mind boggling.
They worry aloud about climate change while living a high carbon lifestyle .... The huge house, the children, the cars, the air travel to exotic vacations. Sorry, solar panels and a Tesla don't make much of a difference.
The less you spend money, the lower your carbon footprint.
BTW I have three children and a somewhat co2 intensive life.
You can find the full news release at https://pro.ceo.ca/@nasdaq/pyrogenesis-announces-q3-2021-resultsrevenues-93mm
MONTREAL, Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (http://pyrogenesis.com) (NASDAQ: PYR) (TSX: PYR) (FRA: 8PY), a high-tech Company (hereinafter referred to as the “Company” or “PyroGenesis”), that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions to reduce greenhouse gases (“GHG”), is pleased to announce today its financial and operational results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021.
“We are proud to announce our Q3 2021 financials which now include the results of our recent acquisition, Pyro Green-Gas, (formerly known as AirScience Technologies Inc.). Revenues for the quarter are a historic $9.3MM as compared to $8.1MM in Q3 2020. Of note, this is the fifth quarter in a row that PyroGenesis has posted more revenues for the quarter than full year 2019 revenues. It is also the third consecutive quarter of increased revenues compared to the previous quarter. This represents the successful execution on our strategy, the processing on our backlog of signed contracts as well as the benefit from our recent acquisition,” said Mr. P. Peter Pascali, CEO and Chair of PyroGenesis. “This has resulted in a gross margin of 43.5% and net income from operations of $623K. Backlog from signed and/or awarded contracts is at a historically high level of $44.9MM which, given recent margins, bodes well for the near term. We fully expect this trend to continue.”
Q3 2021 results reflect the following highlights:
- Revenues of $9,317,926, an increase of 14% from $8,149,427 in Q3 2020,
- Revenues of $3,712,000 from the recent acquisition of Pyro Green-Gas,
- Entering the Renewable Natural Gas market via acquisition, and establishing a presence in India and Italy,
- Third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, $6,264,503, $8,280,572 & $9,317,926,
- Gross margin profit of $4,052,531 or 43.5% of revenue,
- Net income and comprehensive income of $623,664,
- EBITDA of $968,667 and Adjusted EBITDA of $1,641,861 for Q3, 2021,
- Cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2021 of $15,781,528 (December 31, 2020 - $18,104,899),
- Backlog of signed and/or awarded contracts of $44.9MM,
OUTLOOK
PyroGenesis continues to be well positioned, with a clean balance sheet and
... keep reading on reddit ➡I saw a post asking what people on this sub thought about carbon offsets, and was surprised not to see the point I’m going to make:
We have already emitted 660 billion tons of carbon (equivalent to 2420 billion tons of CO2). In order to mitigate climate change, in addition to lowering and eventually ceasing all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we must suck up carbon from the atmosphere.
There are nature-based ways to do so: ecosystem restoration, and in particular reforestation. Forests can only store a finite amount of carbon: after a few decades to a century, forests reach an equilibrium and as much carbon is emitted by decomposing vegetation as is sucked in by growing trees.
Moreover, the surface on which we can reforest (or even afforest) is limited. Even when being over-optimistic, reforestation could only offset one-third of our historical emissions. In summary, we have 150 years’ worth of emissions to offset, and insufficient means to do so.
Now how do carbon offsetting fits into all this? In my opinion, it gives social license to further emit GHG. It basically makes something that is slowly getting unacceptable, fully acceptable again. But no harm is done since all the GHG emitted in my name are offset right? Well, for the reasons I outlined above, this is not true. Each gram of carbon we allow ourselves to emit today under the pretext that it will be offset means that a gram emitted yesterday will not be sequestered and will continue to warm the planet, with known consequences.
For emissions that we can’t avoid, I imagine offsetting may be worth it.
This is without mentioning several other issues with carbon offset, some of which were in the comments of the post I mentionned :
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Emissions occur instantaneously, whereas trees and soils take several years and up to decades to store the same amount of carbon. As we’re already experiencing increased frequency and/or intensity of extreme weather events, it is unclear if we can afford to add additional carbon in the atmosphere, even if it’s for “only” a few years or decades.
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I think sometimes mono-tree fields are planted as carbon offsets. Obviously, the benefits in terms of biodiversity, but also in terms of carbon storage and other ecosystem services of monocro
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November 16, 2021
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – ESG Clean Energy, LLC (“ESG”), developers of Net Zero Carbon Footprints and clean energy solutions for distributed power generation, released a statement today in response to a report issued by Kerrisdale Capital about Camber Energy (NYSE Amex: CEI) and Viking Energy Group (“Viking”) (OTCQB: VKIN) that ESG believes contains misleading and inaccurate information about ESG.
Kerrisdale Capital issued a research report on Camber Energy Inc. (CEI). It is not an independent and disinterested report. Kerrisdale Capital is a short seller that held and may still hold positions in the stock of CEI. This report includes misinformation on Scuderi Group technology and a licensing arrangement between ESG Clean Energy and Camber/Viking. We welcome this opportunity to correct this information.
SG History
KC suggests that SG is not an established and viable firm. That is not correct. Carmelo J. Scuderi invented the Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine and, in 2002, started the Scuderi Group, Inc. The Scuderi Group is presently a research and development company with a large and growing patent portfolio. To date, the Scuderi Group has been issued, and maintains, over 200 domestic and foreign patents covering all aspects of internal combustion engine technology, energy storage, power generation, and carbon capture. The Scuderi Group owns all the patents, and its business model is the licensing of its technology.
The Scuderi Group and the SEC entered into a settlement regarding events that took place over ten years ago. Scuderi Group neither admits nor denies the allegations in the settlement. The settlement has nothing to do with the technology or the license agreement with ESG Clean Energy or the Camber license agreement.
A review of the Scuderi Group’s response to the Wells Notice from the SEC provides much more detailed information. The entire response to the Wells notice can be downloaded from the Scuderi Group website by following the link provided here.
The Technology and its Impact
To assess the technology and the value of the license requires a basic understanding of the technology, licensing, the power industry, and thermodynamics – the science behind the technology. Without at least a basic understanding of these critical areas, it is impossible to accurately assess the validity of the technology or the impact of the license. KC do
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I'm placing some of my biggest bets to date on cell-based foods. Here's why:
- Worldwide demand for meat products is expected to rise to over 500 million by 2050.
- Industrial meat production is the single largest cause of deforestation globally (a major catalyst for decreased carbon capture)
- 30% of the earth's land surface is currently used for livestock farming. An Oxford study in 2011 estimated lab-grown meat production could involve up to 96% fewer GHG emissions and 98% less land use
- Animal and plant farming account for 70% of the water used on earth today (98% of the total volume of water used for animal agriculture refers to the water footprint of the feed for the animals). About one-third of the world’s grain and 80 percent of the world’s soya is fed to the animals we rear for food. Cell-based foods represent the opportunity to use 95% less water to produce meat.
The big boys in meat production/processing have entered the chat:
- Tyson Foods, Cargill (both investors in Upside Foods that just opened a facility on US soil with capacity to produce upwards to 200,000 kg/year) are investing millions into the space. Upside has raised the most money in the space with a Series B in Jan 2020 totalling $161 Million. Tyson and Cargill have been invested since 2018.
“We’re excited about this opportunity to broaden our exposure to innovative, new ways of producing meat, especially since global protein demand has been increasing at a steady rate,” said Justin Whitmore, executive vice president corporate strategy and chief sustainability officer of Tyson Foods. “We continue to invest significantly in our traditional meat business, but also believe in exploring additional opportunities for growth that give consumers more choices.”
- The world's largest meat processor (Brazil's JBS) plans to acquire a majority stake in Biotech Foods (a spanish cultivated meat company) for US $100 Million and plans to bring cultivated meat to market by 2024. Approx. half of that investment will go towards a production facility.
Well-known investors are participating:
- Jim Mellon (Agronomics - 14% of share capital), Bill Gates (Upside, BioMilq - $3.5 Million), and Richard Branson (Upside) are all supporting companies in the industry.
- Climate change advocates like Leonardo Dicraprio and Ashton Kutcher are bringing more publicity to investments in the space in companies like Meatech, Aleph Farms, and Mosa Meat.
Why now?
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Many government around the planet has already committed billions in economic Covid stimulus connected to GHG emissions reduction. Plus carbon tax penalties imposed by the same governments. Imho going to happen faster than most think. The world is going green one way or another and PyroGenesis and HPQ are very well positioned.
The principle is green tech. The market is there. Climate change is real and we will eventually have to curb our GHG emissions or the planet will not be hospitable. Industrial giants understand this and are acting on it. As Peter said, lending institutions are now tying credit to carbon emissions and governments are giving tax benefits to companies reducing carbon footprint. Its a question of when, not if.
Even IF PYR and HPQ was just 1 division with monster upside that they uniquely have w their proprietary tech, engineering and patents is amazing BUT 4+ distinct divisions EACH in massive industries not co-dependant on each other...this is mind boggling.
