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(DIR) Post #ASvq02c9rxeCSamQYS by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-02-22T08:22:39Z
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We need to come up with a range of regenerative ways to produce plant materials for manufacturing and bio-fuels. Ways that sink atmosphpheric carbon into soils, and mulch the top of them to help keep them moist, mine minerals from the subsoil and deposit them into topsoil, and so on. Things like leguminous plants grown as cover crops in the off season, whose fruit, fibre, or both can be harvested, after they add nitrogen to the soil.#PlantBased #CarbonSinks #RenewableMaterials #Biofuels
(DIR) Post #ASvqB7AFIGWVky0KvY by mensrea@freeradical.zone
2023-02-22T08:24:41Z
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@strypey problem with the mining bit is the toxicity of the left overs from those processes in many cases
(DIR) Post #ASvqExeGcBx9OzsflQ by airshipper@cloudisland.nz
2023-02-22T08:25:18Z
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@strypey been thinking a lot about growing housing parts from fungus rather than trees, what that could look like at scale.
(DIR) Post #ASvqXKqj5ph2ZTTCoi by bsmall2@mstdn.jp
2023-02-22T08:28:43Z
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@strypey Sounds like hemp! But there must be a lot of other useful planst for this. One problem in rural Japan is dealing with all the livestock manure. A great old guy that used air to compost (odor-free!) any thing from abandoned trailers of food-waste to pig-factory manure said they didn't have anything to do with the pleasant result. He could compost-down the Shochu-booze leftover so they were more harmless, but eventually most of his work would end up secretly tossed in the sea mountains.
(DIR) Post #ASvsSHKSxCz47664wK by vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-02-22T08:50:11Z
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@strypeyBurn them to charcoal. Simple, effective, but a NIMBY problem with the actual combustion.
(DIR) Post #ASwG9TUFvOtnDbF6f2 by tetrislife@qoto.org
2023-02-22T13:15:09Z
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@strypey I recently saw a video mentioning that the biotech for efficiently catalysing feedstock to biofuel is patented by BP. Trust the corporate to convert adversity into opportunity by encircling a competitive threat.
(DIR) Post #ASwgVs43pBEychKWsS by jonathanharker@cloudisland.nz
2023-02-22T18:10:52Z
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@strypey agreed, although I'd be very wary of biofuels as a solution to pretty much anything
(DIR) Post #ASwhGgtTAugFaVhYuG by jonathanharker@cloudisland.nz
2023-02-22T18:19:20Z
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@strypey I remember reading about bamboo being the fastest way to turn carbon dioxide into usable woody fibre.
(DIR) Post #ASwr85A6Zl4Ln315VY by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-02-22T20:09:48Z
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@mensreaHuh?
(DIR) Post #ASwrgz4bCoTZ2d5FMe by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-02-22T20:15:46Z
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@tetrislife> biotech for efficiently catalysing feedstock to biofuel is patented by BPThe fossil fuel companies know better than anyone that their only hope for a future as a business is pivoting to renewables. But you can only patent specific methods, for which there is no prior art. Their patented methods probably involve GM microorganisms that we would be best to avoid.
(DIR) Post #ASxJ2cw4tG49W5dtmi by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-02-23T01:22:26Z
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@jonathanharker> I'd be very wary of biofuelsFair enough, there's a lot of greenwash around unsustainable or poorly designed implementations. But if feedstocks can be produced through regenerative processes, there's certainly uses to which the resulting fuels can be put. The BioBus is a good example:https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/11/20/Poo-powered-bus-takes-to-the-streets-in-Britain/5041416493989/
(DIR) Post #ASxJ71bd6ovBBjAvJY by Br3nda@cloudisland.nz
2023-02-22T18:32:15Z
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@jonathanharker @strypey I recall also reading it's a water intensive activity
(DIR) Post #ASxJ737ZTY47t57wjw by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2023-02-23T01:23:32Z
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@Br3nda> it's a water intensive activityGrowing it or processing it? @jonathanharker
(DIR) Post #ASxjUjVmdGfWpOPEzg by jonathanharker@cloudisland.nz
2023-02-23T06:19:05Z
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@strypey having trouble finding the article I read recently, about Niger farmers using trees to make arid land fertile again. The trees suck up carbon, cool the air, prevent erosion of topsoil, and generate rainfall. This one is older but sort of relevant:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/16/regreening-niger-how-magical-gaos-transformed-land