I just wanted to give you the link to a recent series that aired on Ideas in which imminent scientist David Sanborn Scott was interviewed about his latest book: Smelling Land, The Hydrogen Defense Against Climate Catastrophe. http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/hydrogen-solution/index.html
The interview runs for two hours in total, and there's also the option of listening to a one hour debate opposing Scott to some nut from a right wing think tank.
I not that very few of you have that kind of time, but just in case you can find it, this interview is truly worth it.
As a teaser, I should mention the point that probably resonated the most with me: the scope and speed of the climate crisis means that we will have to find a way to produce next to ZERO emissions, rather than simply less emissions.
Why? Because:
a. we're running out of time before the damage of our CO2 becomes irreversible.
b. there are simply too many humans on the planet becoming richer and therefore consuming more, for us to keep of using technologies that pollute. Even if all Canadians used hybrids, it would only take a few coal plants in India and China to offset the reductions.
This is why, Scott says, we need to invest massively in technologies that will produce ZERO emissions.
For him, hydrogen is the way to go... I will say no more.
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