This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday, 30 October 2020
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Dale Vince, the owner of Ecotricity, claims to have created a process in Stroud, that will make diamonds from atmospheric carbon dioxide (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/30/ecotricity-founder-to-grow-diamonds-made-entirely-from-the-sky). It is, of course, going to be the case that the diamonds, if made, will be of industrial (they are used in cutting and other processes) rather than gemstone quality. Vince, a green energy multi-millionaire, points out that an added bonus of this 'sky mining' is that it will remove some of the climate-changing greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. This will be, however, only a tiny proportion of the amount we need to eliminate. We need more than a sky miner to solve our problems.
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