Michael P Totten
@mptotten.bsky.social
Promote solutions to nexus challenges, notably climate-pollution-energy-water-food-biodiversity-security-equity. Writer, speaker, inveterate researcher, life-long learner, endless reading across many disciplines. Life-long Bicyclist, snorkeler/diver.
Jonathan Foley: Our descendants will be paying out trillion$ for DACs/CCS, not because they deliver some cheap energy service, but to avoid baked-in catastrophic disasters. Many thanks for intimating we can save trillions of dollars in savings and emissions NOW, and even more for future generations.
February 9, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Jonathan Foley: Our descendants will be paying out trillion$ for DACs/CCS, not because they deliver some cheap energy service, but to avoid baked-in catastrophic disasters. Many thanks for intimating we can save trillions of dollars in savings and emissions NOW, and even more for future generations.
Jonathan Foley: Excellent visuals backing up your succinct points. Whenever I talk about this urgent time sense to avert lost opportunities, I point out that failing to capture that 79% the first decade ends up as a cumulative carbon debt burdening descents to pay the price of many trillion$.
February 9, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Jonathan Foley: Excellent visuals backing up your succinct points. Whenever I talk about this urgent time sense to avert lost opportunities, I point out that failing to capture that 79% the first decade ends up as a cumulative carbon debt burdening descents to pay the price of many trillion$.
Jonathan Foley, what a powerful presentation. You brought home the critically important message: of acting immediately and capturing the money-saving and earnings-generating opportunities like the vast pool of energy efficiency improvements throughout the economy.
www.ted.com/talks/jonath...
www.ted.com/talks/jonath...
The climate solutions worth funding — now
When it comes to climate solutions, "now is better than new, and time is more important than tech," says scientist Jonathan Foley. He presents a six-part framework to more efficiently address climate change, from better aligning capital with carbon to utilizing affordable solutions that are ready to go now. Learn more about what the data says to do — and how the solutions might be cheaper than we think.
www.ted.com
February 9, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Jonathan Foley, what a powerful presentation. You brought home the critically important message: of acting immediately and capturing the money-saving and earnings-generating opportunities like the vast pool of energy efficiency improvements throughout the economy.
www.ted.com/talks/jonath...
www.ted.com/talks/jonath...
Unleash & motivate the students. "LeeAnn Kittle, the executive director of sustainability for the Denver public schools, believes that when it comes to making a district’s operations more environmentally-friendly, students should be an integral part of the process." www.edweek.org/leaders/2024...
February 8, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Unleash & motivate the students. "LeeAnn Kittle, the executive director of sustainability for the Denver public schools, believes that when it comes to making a district’s operations more environmentally-friendly, students should be an integral part of the process." www.edweek.org/leaders/2024...
RIP Rasta Man. Aston Barrett, 77, Bass-Playing Force With Bob Marley and Wailers, Dies - Known by his nickname, Family Man, he was the group’s musical director, crafting the hypnotic rhythms and melodies that elevated reggae to global acclaim. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/a...
February 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM
RIP Rasta Man. Aston Barrett, 77, Bass-Playing Force With Bob Marley and Wailers, Dies - Known by his nickname, Family Man, he was the group’s musical director, crafting the hypnotic rhythms and melodies that elevated reggae to global acclaim. www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/a...