Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental ‘heresies’
http://www.ted.com The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and ’70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate.
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Go see the farmer …
Go see the farmer suicides in India over GMO seeds.They are owned by one company and you will soon be owned by that same company, you will pay a tax to eat their food and they will own all GMO foods.This man has some vested interest in the subject, there is over 600, 000 websites that plead for the consumer to get informed about this monstrous practice and most of those sites made from Professors that have left their countries on vessels with their families to get away from these Gods
Soilent Green, lets …
Soilent Green, lets have mandatory Euthanasia and feed the starving people the old, and polluting humans, that are the smartest mammals on the planet, eat smart, eat green, get rid of the polluters one plate full at a time. This Message Was Brought To You By Your Masters Of the Carnegie and Rockefeller Corporation: Obey and Serve Your Masters.
Of course we will …
Of course we will run out eventually, but you have no sense of the scales involved. There is more energy in the uranium in coal than there is in the coal in coal. One fuel embly (about 2 feet square and 15 feet tall) has more energy than a tanker of oil. Uranium is found in very large quantities all over the world and, as I said, there are other techniques such as thorium burning that have equal potential.
That’s what they …
That’s what they said about oil. We’ll run out of it just like anything else, and we still have to do something with the waste.
givebirthathome, …
givebirthathome, thanks for sharing this information with us.
What was obvious to me based on the theoretical knowledge (that the GMO’s could be very dangerous, and the approval process in basically a joke - hopelessly weakened by lobbyists), you could back up by this rock solid piece of evidence.
Again, thanks.
Nope, you need to …
Nope, you need to do some more research, there’s plenty of uranium.
See comments below, …
See comments below, but uranium supplies are projected to last for several centuries based just on current, inefficient technologies.
Nice tie!
Nice tie!
You can’t store …
You can’t store hydroelectric power either, and dams power entire cities. That doesn’t make them useless. Nuclear power only makes sense when it’s regulated correctly and when we have uranium. Which we wouldn’t for long.
Yeah, and the …
Yeah, and the immediate problem with nuclear power is we’d run out of uranium almost immediately anyway. Not to mention the potential environmental consequences.
Some physics:
First …
Some physics:
First of all Solar energy is already powering the earth, it is the basis of all life that has ever existed on this planet. Including huge imaginary fields of cannabis (alright!).
Harvesting bio-fuel of any kind, is thermodynamically less efficient than harvesting direct sun energy, as e are simply utilizing hydro-carbon fabricated by photosynthesis.
Having said that, the highest convertion ratio of mass to energy (besides black hoels), IS nuclear power. (which I do not support).
Did I just hear him …
Did I just hear him say only nuclear and hydro are green??? This guy is a moron! What he says about GMO’s just isn’t true. His quote: “We are as gods so we have to get good at it”… Ugh, I’ll bet the corporate elite just love this guy.
ur a proponent of …
ur a proponent of wind and solar energy? I mean it would be great if we could store it, but we cant. Nuclear power makes sense as long as its regulated effectively. What about his message was fearful? to me it exuded hope and good humor. I guess i dont get ur hostility, it seems misplaced.
half of his facts …
half of his facts are bs. and you can tell he is using fear to get people to subscribe to his views. anytime somebody has to use scare tactics to get people to follow them that raises red flags for me. not to mention this guy is bashing solar and wing whilst promoting nuclear energy. he train of thought and thinking (to me anyway) scream Public Relations. His ideas are horrid and will accomplish nothing. If this man had his way, we would all be screwed!
how so?
how so?
LOL indeed. …
LOL indeed. Probably alot safer than the videos you do make!
: )
I’m not sure about …
I’m not sure about the wind turbines and the birds. There are probably ways to signal the birds to avoid the turbines, and places where the birds don’t usually fly.
There was a big propaganda effort to stop the Cape Wind project off of Nantucket.
ture but have that …
ture but have that extensive of a solar or wind farm has to have a pretty significant environmental impact. i knoe wind turbines effect migratory birds…not sure about solar though.. i like the wave energy idea alot.
sure they have… …
sure they have…they have been revied by monsanto employed scientists. and if the results are unflattering they aren’y published. did you know when buying GM seeds from an agribusiness you have to sign an End User agreement that includes no independant research.
this is like a car company censoring crash safety comparisons…would u drive a car that a company refused to let independant researchers evaluate the saftey of the product. then y would u eat food with similar saftey research!?
LOL… camera shy
LOL… camera shy
I like the idea of …
I like the idea of solar and wind power because it is renewable. Rich countries, like the United States, could create so much wind and solar power plants that electricity could be free.
It won’t be, but it could be.
That’s a crucial …
That’s a crucial fact. You have to sign a contract that says you won’t use seeds for independent research. They are really getting good at stifling the flow of information. I will have to look at that Sci Am article. Why don’t you make a talking head video about it? It would make the information easier to disseminate in the youtube community.
I believe it’s, ” …
I believe it’s, “you’re”.
Solar Collectors …
Solar Collectors Covering 0.3 Percent of the Sahara Could Power All of Europe - PopSci
Google it
1% could power the world
- Lithium air batteries 10x more storage
- 150x less copper usage with HDVC cables, and they’re virtually loseless
Seems exponential to me
this was a horrible …
this was a horrible TED. if you think this guys info was good, you are severly under-educated.