Li wrote:
It's funny you mention Honda, and car companies. One of the
hot issues at the Kyoto is Carbon sinks. (The short definition--
areas which exchange CO2.)(forests,ect.) Developed countries think carbon
sinks can help balance global warming without to much change.I can't
remember who it was now, Honda or Mitsubishi but one of the two, are
spending massive amounts of money researching in GM trees, as a sustainable
technology for helping reduce global warming.
I say with some gest, any connection?
I don't nessacarly agree with a total carbon sink protocal. But I don't
think carbon sinks are so unethical. The WWF (world wildlife fund)
is supporting the idea, because think what it could do for biodiversity.
However, I think there should be a limit to how much justification
a carbon sink should allow for in the protocal. They are currently
unpredictable for CO2 exchange amounts. A shift to sustainable technologies
is a time consuming process but if developed countries, could realize the
potential for the marketing. It would in a longer while from now greatly
reduce dependence on oil. In the US that would certainly be a benefit to
consumers and producers who depend so much on that foreign "stuff."
Bissell asks;
Li, could you explain this a bit more for me? I'm not sure I understand the
concept. What is being traded? Are you sure the auto manufacturers are
researching GM in trees? That idea sort of set off my BS detector. Do you
have a source of info on that? This "franken-tree" idea is a bit scary, if
GM trees are planted in any numbers to really have an effect on CO2 levels.
Interesting.
Steven
. . .in the last days he lost his appetite
and fed only on vegetables. He soon acquired
the forlorn look that one sees in vegetarians.
His skin became covered with a thin moss,
similar to that which flourished on the
antique vest that he never took off,
and his breath exhaled the order of a
sleeping animal.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1967
One Hundred Years of Solitude
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