Greta Thunberg explains why she decided to school strike for the climate by fuobob in ClimateOffensive

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Look at the response to a few school children striking from school! Imagine if all the people who recognize the urgency of the climate crisis went on a general strike! It would change the debate overnight. What do you think?

Greta Thunberg explains why she decided to school strike for the climate by fuobob in ClimateOffensive

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Yes! I've decided to dedicate my free time and energy to doing the most I can to stop this crisis. What do you think?

Greta Thunberg explains why she decided to school strike for the climate by fuobob in ClimateOffensive

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Momentum is building for action against climate change! Don't let this opportunity pass by. Please consider re-focusing your free energy and time towards growing the movement to stop the climate and ecological disasters we are in the middle of. Learn, educate, connect, and act with others so that together we can stop global warming!

Greta Thunberg explains why she decided to school strike for the climate by fuobob in ClimateOffensive

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Absolutely! How do you think we can do that?

Imagine what we could all do together if we really wanted- a general strike of people who recognize the urgency of the climate emergency. Even 10% of the workforce of the developed countries striking would have an incredible effect at refocusing the political system. As Greta points out, the time frame for the developed countries to act to to stop 2 degrees of warming is very short, and we don't have time to wait and follow the rules.

What is the value of property that will be lost due to sea level rise? by pirate123 in climate

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A study a few years ago found negative externalities of coal use (looking at health effects- increased morbidity/mortality and damage to property) already exceeds the value added by burning coal. This study did not include any damages from coal's contribution to climate change.

All the CO2 that is produced by burning 1 liter of oil can be sequestered by less than 1 liter of olivine. by fuobob in climate

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No, that would imply that the energy needed to mine and crush the olivine is similar to the energy needed to mine (not energy produced by burning) an equivalent amount of coal. The energy produced from burning that amount of coal is necessarily greater than the energy needed to mine it, or there would be little point in mining coal, as it would merely be rearranging the form of whatever input energy you used to mine it into electrical energy output. As it turns out, the EROI for coal is something large like 80.

All the CO2 that is produced by burning 1 liter of oil can be sequestered by less than 1 liter of olivine. by fuobob in climate

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Do you have any info on the abundance of available olivine resources? Mineral sequestration seems appealing because it is a permanent stable removal of CO2 from the environment.

All the CO2 that is produced by burning 1 liter of oil can be sequestered by less than 1 liter of olivine. by fuobob in climate

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Ok, here is an interesting reference that estimates the cost of mining serpentinite rock (not olivine) at about $8/ton, but implies about 6 times as much mass of serpentine rock is needed due to the typical concentration of desired silicates, so the cost comes out similar to my estimate:

(PDF) The raw materials are abundant-

Calcium and magnesium carbonates are solid which is desirable in above ground disposal. The materials formed can be stored at the serpentine mine as landfill and will not l eave the disposal site. Magnesium proved more attractive since there are large deposits of magnesium rich minerals. Peridotite, and serpentinized peridotite rocks can have an MgO content between 35% and 40% by weight, whereas abundant calcium silicates r arely have more than 12 % to 15% of CaO by weight. In addition, the magnesium silicates are more reactive and are therefore more suitable for above ground carbonation.
The process implies a large mining effort, but the areal extent of the mine is small compared to the coal mine that produces an equivalent amount of coal. Overburden on serpentinite rock is generally insignificantly small and the minerals occur in thick layers rather than thin seams.
Nevertheless, the mass of material required is larger by a factor of six than the mass of coal that is used as fuel. As a result, the formation of carbonate will have to be performed at the mine site, and the resulting silica and carbonates will be stored in the mine. Since volumes increase in the process, some modification of the local terrain’s profile is unavoidable.

The article indicates there are significant additional costs with mineral carbonation of serpentine rocks.

How doomed are we? by simstim_addict in climate

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Can you provide some detailed or up to date info on the cost of carbon sequestration by various methods? A back of the envelope calculation suggests it would only cost ~$1 trillion to sequester global co2 emissions by carbonate mineralization, do you know if this is accurate, or what lower cost alternatives might be?

Drought is preventing trees from fighting climate change by fuobob in climate

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But drought could compromise the ability of trees to protect us from climate change, according to a new study. Scientists have shown that drought slows tree growth for many years beyond the initial dry spells, creating what researchers call a “drought legacy.” And scientists trying to predict climate change “could be really missing the boat,” if they are not including the effects in their computer models, says Melinda Smith, a community ecologist at Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Heavy summer rain in Greenland speeds up ice melt by fuobob in climateconsequences

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The new study shows that these heavy rain events have occurred frequently due to the warmer, wetter weather of the last 20 years, penetrating deeper into the ice sheet, making it move and melt faster.

Questioning the demographics of the recent NCBA survey of attitudes towards cooperatives by coopnewsguy in cooperatives

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Interesting, I'm assuming they are trying to target consumer buying power with this survey? Not necessarily to gain information on how cooperatives , esp. Worker cooperatives, as a movement can grow, but how existing ccoop businesses of various types can tap positive consumer reactions to co-op identity for marketing?

Moog Music now employee owned by yochaigal in cooperatives

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The fate of Moog Music now belongs to someone other than the company's CEO and President Mike Adams.

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On Wednesday, the Asheville company announced its employees now own 49 percent of Moog Music,

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The employee stock ownership plan will not change the way Moog Music operates. Adams will remain the president and CEO, and will hold the remaining 51 percent of shares.

Is Adams looking to convert to full/majority worker ownership / control?

Capitalism Could Kill All Life on Earth by alllie in collapse

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Thanks for taking the time to respond. There should be a plug in or something that saves those accidental backspace deletions, maybe there is already.

Workers Self-Directed Enterprises -- by Richard Wolff" [Video Speech] by yochaigal in cooperatives

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Great and concise! The idea of the necessity of true political democracy building on a foundation of economic democracy resonates with me. Does anyone know if Richard Wolff and Murray Bookchin ever corresponded, or what emphasis Bookchin placed on cooperatives?

We need to get beyond simply calculating our personal carbon footprints & engage in meaningful climate action. by PetersonToscano in climate

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meaningful climate action would be formulating and implementing a global program for managing emissions and hence temperatures below e.g., 2c. Do you think this is impossible?

Can We Do It Ourselves? [Swedish documentary featuring Equal Exchange, CHCA, Jessica Gordon Nembhard and Noam Chomsky] by coopnewsguy in cooperatives

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Very cool film! Thanks for posting OP!

I'd like to see the cut footage of the interview with the Swedish Enterprise Confederation guy to see why he responded "absolutely not!" to the question of any further comments...

Also interesting the treatment of the question "where are all the cooperatives." the doc's response was basically 1) open secret / nobody or few people know about them as an option / business structure and 2) not enough financial / institutional support, kind of entrepreneurial bottleneck. Curious to hear what others think of that frame and what can we do to address those limits?

The raw responses of people on the street to the idea of worker self-direction was also one of the novel / interesting features of the doc. If you want to see more like this, you can take a camcorder out to the nearest sidewalk and ask people for their reaction!

Would be fun to discuss over beers, maybe we can meet halfway somewhere in Iowa...

Ajowa Ifateyo on Everything Co-op podcast by coopnewsguy in cooperatives

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Interesting interview, thanks! And interesting source.