One of the most troubling paragraphs in the recent IPCC report is the suggestion to keep burning fossil fuel longer b/c carbon capture and storage (CCS) so gas & oil companies can keep making money on these "stranded assets" (est. 1-4 trillion $). Problem #1: Shell, BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, etc all pledged to zero out their carbon emissions by 2050 but at the same time _keep_ exploring new fields. Most of them are actually increasing fossil fuel production. The dream of CCS will only intensify this. grist.org/accountability…

@MaxLenormand @Twitter oh but you can cc @MetaTreesNFT. Lets do the math:
- 1 tree planted = 1 NFT = 1 ETH transaction at avg footprint of 35 kWh/ 102.38 kg of CO2 (Dec 2021).
- 1 typical tree can absorb around 21-25 kilograms of carbon per year, but only once fully grown.
See the problem? @MaxLenormand @Twitter @MetaTreesNFT The problem is much larger however as
1 The science of carbon removal through trees is complicated and sequestration depends on many different factors (soil, environment, tree species, micro and macro environmental conditions, etc)

Lovely bunch of drawings from Victor Papanek's Notebook (1986), first appeared in "Design for the Real World" (1971), developed further in "The Green Imperative" (1995) thread... Design is a conscious and intuitive effort to impose meaningful order.