What if I told you that I had created a low-cost, self-replicating, carbon capture device nearly 10x more efficient than anything else you can purchase at scale today?
… and that it could be powered solely using light (real or artificial) and mere water (which I can make using more light)
… and that we already had a thousand customized variants adapted for localized usage and ready for immediate installation anywhere in the world
… and some of them produced edible, organic food as a byproduct
… you’d be like, “zomg when is the Series A”
… I’m kidding, you’d just say, “Oh, he’s talking about trees.”
And I am. Trees - or more accurately the forests they anchor - are by far the most efficient, cost-effective, safest, politically-feasible, and immediately deployable solution to climate change today. terraformation.com/blog/trees-vs-…
Decades of experience by hundreds of foresters have yielded the knowledge we need to restore forests in a sustainable, long-lasting way. Many have tried, failed, tried again, and finally succeeded - a painful process that informs us now of how to restore forests successfully.
Recent cost improvements in technology mean that we can overcome bottlenecks like land and freshwater availability to restore up to 3B acres of new forest, enough to offset nearly all current human CO2 emissions.
I believe that economics always eventually dominates, and the superior cost advantage (both short- and long-term, as well as risk) of forest restoration will inevitably…
be recognized by governments across the world in the coming decade as the only feasible large-scale solution to climate change in the timeframe available to us. terraformation.com/blog/the-solut…
Combining deep forestry knowledge with Silicon Valley expertise in rapidly scaling projects and organizations, we can achieve a breakthrough in the exponential speed we need to accomplish reforestation at the massive scale needed to truly offset and reverse climate change.
Silicon Valley’s unique contribution to fighting climate change will not come in the form of a new gadget or magical invention. It is tech’s unique experience in rapidly scaling small proven solutions (MVP) into billion-scale, gigaton-level solutions that will close the gap.
The best solution to a large, complex problem is the one that uses the least new technology:
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Massive reforestation represents the largest capex-intensive investment opportunity of our time. Unlike many other proposed climate solutions, the money spent is not consumption, but rather investment that will eventually pay off hugely in material terms.
The conversion and restoration of 3B acres of relatively worthless, low-value land into thriving ecosystems that benefit the entire world will be an act of value-creation unparalleled in human history.
It will spur local economies around the world, it will result in dramatic cost and performance improvements in key technologies, and it will yield the beautiful garden planet that mankind has dreamt of, both in our past and in our future.
When we are done, this will be the beautiful Planet Earth that we look back upon proudly when we emerge from our planet to fulfill our destiny and stride among the stars. mashable.com/video/yishan-w…
I am a human, I am loyal to Earth, and I believe that all men and women are brothers and sisters. Join us, and we can build the bright and beautiful future that we deserve, one planet at a time. fastcompany.com/90593687/reddi…
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