Technological CO2 Removal and Afforestation – Mastering En-ROADS

This video is part of Module 3: “The En-ROADS Simulator Tour: Growth, Land & Industry Emissions, Carbon Removal, & Impacts”, in the Mastering En-ROADS Training Series. This module covers the ins-and-outs of the population, economic growth, land and industry, and carbon removal sliders in En-ROADS with a particular focus on the things that people ask about most frequently. For example: “What would happen if we ate less meat?" or “What about carbon capture and storage?” We look at the advanced sliders in En-ROADS and also explore which graphs are most relevant when analyzing specific policies and solutions. This module also covers some of the impacts of climate change that are included in En-ROADS, such as sea level rise and changes in crop yields.

Mastering En-ROADS is a free training program created by Climate Interactive using tools co-developed with the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative. The training will advance your understanding of both the En-ROADS Simulator and its complementary learning experiences. The course explores the dynamics driving our climate and energy system, climate solutions, facilitation techniques, themes of equity and justice, event planning, and more. By signing up for this course you can join a vibrant community of educators, policymakers, activists, professionals, community organizers, and students who are running En-ROADS events to deliver insights and cultivate climate leadership worldwide.

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I am an old woman screaming at my computer screen. WHAT ABOUT HEMP! That's not a question. Can a lady get a hemp bar on this marvelous tool?

Hemp breathes CO2 as it grows. It also exhales oxygen. Be a verb and look it up.

What if we took 15% of the available land on the planet and planted hemp. How much CO2 would that pull? How much oxygen could be put into the atmosphere?

While we're on the subject, what about hemp phytoremediation, especially of nuclear radiation? 300-400 tons of highly radioactive water a day from Fukushima dumped into the Pacific daily since March, 2011 MAY be having an impact on the ice cap melting rate. What impact does our abuse of nuclear energy or radiation from our communications devices have on the temperature - can we get a bar for that please?

The technological advances have been here for centuries. MIT has a 3d printer that prints magnets. Magnetic energy could have a radical impact on do we need coal, oil or other abuses of nature that are killing us.

Is it possible to get MIT to pay attention to the late professor Bruce DePalma whose magnetic generator works with a Faraday Motor, N-Machine, that creates clean, free energy. I'm sure the real Tesla, Nikola, has some more ideas in the papers the government took when he died.

This is a great model to work with. In less than 5 minutes I can show how if we make it illegal to pollute, like it was illegal to sell a joint, and shift like our lives depend on it to clean energy and agricultural based solutions, we can solve this problem of climate crisis now.