As electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells use more rare earth minerals, the resulting toxic sludge can't be ignored. Plus, hopeful headlines for bison, snowy owls, cows, fish, forests & oysters.
"Oysters are nearly the best at releasing the least amount of carbon to build proteins. The most efficient seafood with the smallest carbon footprint was found to be rope-grown farmed mussels, at an astounding 0.2 pounds of carbon dioxide used to produce one pound of protein.
Dr. Frances Sandison, Life Cycle Analyst at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, completed a Ph.D. assessing what role Shetland seafood consumption can play in delivering smaller carbon footprints. Farmed salmon were found to be the worst, at four pounds of carbon dioxide per pound of protein, because most salmon are fed. Modern pelagic mid-water trawl fleets catching mackerel and herring were assessed at 0.3 to 0.7 pounds with an average of 0.5 pounds per pound of protein.
Love the newsletter, great content as always, however I am disappointed that as a climate newsletter you're using AI generated imagery, it seems somewhat antithetical to your message.
Thanks for the feedback.👍The Substack editor has an out-of-the box AI image generator. I don’t use it often, but when I do, I try to be transparent about it.
One day I'd like to read a story on dirt. That is soil. It is not dead. But chemicals sod to consumers,, many kill earthworms, and other critters that digest organic matter to provide nutrients in return. I wrote about dirt in my book. I hope you will scan the pages. "One Green Thumb and Nine Sticky fingers." It's a good read. Many photos. Part of my life. Enjoy your every post.
you I would think be inquisitive and look up the word.
Any of a large group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium, and barium. They can be readily dehydrated and rehydrated, and are used as cation exchangers and molecular sieves.
Excellent post. Fascinating and well researched. Well written, per usual. Thanks for the mention!
Thank you! Your article spurred me to think about the issue a bit more.
Your hopeful headlines are such a heartening reminder of the fact that not all environmental news stories have to be deflating.
Thank you, James! That's exactly why I'm doing this. Most of the headlines make people turn away. Hope you're doing well.
Bravo ! Your article is full of valuable Information.
Thanks!🙏
"Oysters are nearly the best at releasing the least amount of carbon to build proteins. The most efficient seafood with the smallest carbon footprint was found to be rope-grown farmed mussels, at an astounding 0.2 pounds of carbon dioxide used to produce one pound of protein.
Dr. Frances Sandison, Life Cycle Analyst at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen, completed a Ph.D. assessing what role Shetland seafood consumption can play in delivering smaller carbon footprints. Farmed salmon were found to be the worst, at four pounds of carbon dioxide per pound of protein, because most salmon are fed. Modern pelagic mid-water trawl fleets catching mackerel and herring were assessed at 0.3 to 0.7 pounds with an average of 0.5 pounds per pound of protein.
Your comment makes me hungry for seafood🦀
If we eat it, is the carbon still sequestered?
Like a forest, only shorter time.
Thanks for all the good news! So needed!
Love the newsletter, great content as always, however I am disappointed that as a climate newsletter you're using AI generated imagery, it seems somewhat antithetical to your message.
Thanks for the feedback.👍The Substack editor has an out-of-the box AI image generator. I don’t use it often, but when I do, I try to be transparent about it.
Thanks for the reply, I do very much appreciate that you labelled it as such rather than trying to sneak it under the radar like so many places do!
One day I'd like to read a story on dirt. That is soil. It is not dead. But chemicals sod to consumers,, many kill earthworms, and other critters that digest organic matter to provide nutrients in return. I wrote about dirt in my book. I hope you will scan the pages. "One Green Thumb and Nine Sticky fingers." It's a good read. Many photos. Part of my life. Enjoy your every post.
Love this idea! Yes, lots going on with soil. Thank you for being a loyal reader and commenter, Richard. 🙏
May a force of nanosponges be with us - filtering things that would kill us to filter ourselves - always … although it does present a moral hazard.
The images this comment conjures ...
What a wealth of good enviro news!! Thanks for keeping us informed and inspired, Amanda.
Thanks 😊
Got to love the nano sponges to clean up toxins. Believe zeolites work the same way.
Thank you. I'd never heard of zeolites 👍
you I would think be inquisitive and look up the word.
Any of a large group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium, and barium. They can be readily dehydrated and rehydrated, and are used as cation exchangers and molecular sieves.