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May 7, 2021Liked by Alexander Verbeek ๐ŸŒ

Good morning Alexander, an other pretty day in store . . . ๐ŸŒป

The picture of the methane bubbles captured in the Ice is amazing!

And yes, I have seen videos of people lighting up natural methane sources, including under water on the ocean floor!

I learned that when there is a very dense methane escape(An Earthly burp) from the ocean floor to the surface, the water buoyancy becomes less reliable when dense with methane bubbles. Therefore (can) becomes not sufficient any more to support a ship. The ship sinks through the methane bubbles. A possible story for ships that have mysteriously gone missing.

We got to do better with managing our personal environ(s), it makes me think about this 'Want not. Waste not' webinar you were in. I like this slogan (-:

My question, still is, what are we going to to do with our todays overwhelming waste collections, Ouch!

10 Reasons why burning waste for energy is a bad idea

Posted by jo | 14 Oct 2014

https://ntn.org.au/10-reasons-why-burning-waste-for-energy-is-a-bad-idea/

I'm reading about fancy Restaurants that are going meatless, Bravo!! Save the ๐Ÿ„

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May 8, 2021Liked by Alexander Verbeek ๐ŸŒ

Those methane bubbles are equally fascinating and scary. I think it was in one of your tweets that I first heard/read about them.

Cows always come to mind when I hear methane. We love our cows here in Switzerland and all the cheese and chocolate are keeping me from going vegan - for now ... but that's a work in progress.

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May 8, 2021Liked by Alexander Verbeek ๐ŸŒ

Obviously more to read here than I have had time to do this week... will just add, #6 spurred me on to write an ecofiction novel about the natural gas industry, and the design decisions we make while wearing our โ€œenvironmental hats.โ€ What is green? Going to bookmark this one to delve into further.

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May 7, 2021Liked by Alexander Verbeek ๐ŸŒ

I am with you, but I would strengthen "buy local" with "bye local when it makes sense", in other words, not all locally produced goods would align with your primary goals.

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I hope a lot more springs from this essay, Alex. Thanks โ˜•๏ธ

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