I got to thinking about a hypothetical future where everything runs on electric power and is made of natural materials. Both are thought to be “green” solutions at this point in time. But is that really true? If all 7+ billion people switched over, would those ideas still seem environmentally friendly? Maybe, in that future, we’d consume far too many trees or something in a battery’s life cycle affects the environment in a way we didn’t anticipate. It seems unlikely but we do have a history of not understanding long term, higher order effects.
#14 - Environmental 'Cure-All's
#14 - Environmental 'Cure-All's
#14 - Environmental 'Cure-All's
I got to thinking about a hypothetical future where everything runs on electric power and is made of natural materials. Both are thought to be “green” solutions at this point in time. But is that really true? If all 7+ billion people switched over, would those ideas still seem environmentally friendly? Maybe, in that future, we’d consume far too many trees or something in a battery’s life cycle affects the environment in a way we didn’t anticipate. It seems unlikely but we do have a history of not understanding long term, higher order effects.