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Tuesday, December 06, 2005
This is a quote of Jeffrey Dukes from George Monbiot's most recent entry in his blog:
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In 2003, the biologist Jeffrey Dukes calculated that the fossil fuels we burn in one year were made from organic matter “containing 44×10 to the 18 grams of carbon, which is more than 400 times the net primary productivity of the planet’s current biota.” In plain English, this means that every year we use four centuries’ worth of plants and animals.
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Below is a link to another Monbiot log. He mentions the need for a 90% carbon cut by 2030. I'm not about to dispute the numbers - everyone could go on for days - but even if it's remotely close, then conservation and renewables all seem paltry. Daniel Quinn, anyone? Richard Manning? I can throw a spear.
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2005/12/05/the-struggle-against-ourselves/
(the Manning reference refers in particular to http://harpers.org/TheOilWeEat.html)
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In 2003, the biologist Jeffrey Dukes calculated that the fossil fuels we burn in one year were made from organic matter “containing 44×10 to the 18 grams of carbon, which is more than 400 times the net primary productivity of the planet’s current biota.” In plain English, this means that every year we use four centuries’ worth of plants and animals.
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Below is a link to another Monbiot log. He mentions the need for a 90% carbon cut by 2030. I'm not about to dispute the numbers - everyone could go on for days - but even if it's remotely close, then conservation and renewables all seem paltry. Daniel Quinn, anyone? Richard Manning? I can throw a spear.
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2005/12/05/the-struggle-against-ourselves/
(the Manning reference refers in particular to http://harpers.org/TheOilWeEat.html)
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