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APAC on course to become world’s largest CO2 shipping market, forecasts new Xodus CCUS report

Alternative Energy Mag

The report, the third in a series of publications on the global outlook for CCUS, also finds that CCUS projects linked to LNG assets could reduce costs by10 to 15%, the equivalent of shortening shipping distances by over 3,000 km, helping to bridge the initial gap between emitters and stores.

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Replenishing Natural Iron-Rich Dust Will Revive Photosynthesis, Feed Humanity, and Cool the Planet

Russ George

My 2012 Gulf of Alaska experiment, following two previous experiments at sea (2002 and 2006) became the largest and most comprehensive study of ocean iron replenishmentdemonstrated that dusting specific ocean pastures with iron-rich minerals can restore historical photosynthesis levels and sequester vast amounts of CO2.

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Nature, Not Noxious Sulfur: A Market-Savvy Path to Cooling the Planet

Russ George

In 2012, in collaboration with Indigenous leaders of the Haida Nation in Canada, I led a landmark demonstration of Ocean Pasture Restoration (OPR). Current climate models largely overlook this factor, focusing instead on anthropogenic emissions and radiative forcing. We replenished lost trace nutrients in a depleted North Pacific region.

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Ocean Acidification Thresholds Force A Choice – Doomsday or Bloomsday?

Russ George

In 2002 I performed my first distant ocean pasture dust replenishment and restoration project, reported on in the Journal Nature 2003 In 2006 I was back out to sea on my research ship Weatherbird on our Voyage of Recovery. Climate-driven shifts in atmospheric dust emission. Nature, 615, 512–519. Martin, J.H. Testing the iron hypothesis.

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Energy limits are forcing the economy to contract

Gail Tverberg

In fact, the restriction started as early as 2012. Coal is much easier to ship and store than natural gas. There are more resources available, but they are too expensive to extract and ship to provide affordable food, electricity, and housing.” World steel output started to become restricted.

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Advanced Economies Are Being Pushed Toward Financial Collapse

Gail Tverberg

Chart made by Gail Tverberg in 2012. Without enough oil for all purposes, a logical way to cut back is to use less oil for international shipping. Repaying debt is easy in a growing economy because the promises that are made can be repaid later, when the economy is larger in terms of goods and services produced.

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Paying farmers a living wage is essential to ensuring sustainable coffee production

GreenBiz

In 2012, Starbucks reported its average price for green beans was $2.56 After backing out shipping, insurance, importer and exporter and mill costs, that price would be closer to $2.20 If Starbucks returned to its 2012 broker and farmer prices, it nearly would double family income on most small farms.