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47 Jeff Witten’s weekly Column Cutting Carbon Dioxide
Isn’t Enough
where people can locate the
information they need in a We have to invest in technology to remove the CO2
hurry, and that’s super easy to already in the atmosphere.
navigate.”
1392 تشهبیدرا27 جمعه- 1239 شماره/ سال متسیب “A primo website needs lots By Lawrence Krauss| May 13, 2013
of video. Video that isn’t just
chatter. The videos need to
tackle questions that people
“IT’S NOT SOMETHING have when they’re in the thick A thermal power plant in Changchun, China. Even as we try to reduce CO2
of it with ICBC.” production, what h appens to the CO2 already in the atmosphere?
WE NEEDED TO DO!!” “All kinds of blog postings Photo by STR/AFP/Getty Images
and special reports that are
“It’s something we wanted timely, entertaining and give
people the inside track on how ICBC
to do” injury claims work and what they need
to know if they’re going to get fairly
“Why bother? The old one is good compensated.”
enough!” “Our new website needs to be
“ Why spend all that time and money. written in language that everyone
As long as it’s as good as the other can understand. A ll the legal mumbo
firms in town, who cares?” jumbo is just a bunch of posing. It
When I first floated the idea of doesn’t do anything for the people
developing an entirely new McComb who are reading it.”
Witten w ebsite, the initial feedback I “ The web is mobile. Even my grandpa
received was less than enthusiastic. has a smartphone. Our new website
But as you’re probably aware, I don’t has to be designed so that mobile users
give up easily. And sometimes being get a first class experience”.
challenged by others motivates you Well, not only did I convince
even more. everybody else involved that McComb
So I started laying out my vision of Witten would be failing those who’d
what I honestly thought we needed if come to trust us if we didn’t launch
McComb W itten was going to have the a new website. But I’d articulated
best legal website in B.C. exactly what it needed to look like.
“ Here’s the thing. We need a website SO, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR.
CHECK OUT OUR NEW AND
IMPROVED WEBSITE at W WW.
MCCOMBWITTEN.COM
In touch with Iranian diversity
According to data being gathered carbon already up there. Recently, a
at the Mauna Loa Observatory in b road group of geologists, planetary
Hawaii, which has been m onitoring scientists, climatologists, social
atmospheric carbon dioxide since scientists, and physicists convened
1958, the CO2 concentration in at the Origins Project at Arizona
the Earth’s atmosphere officially State University, which I direct, to
ﻭﻛﻼ exceeded the 400 parts per million explore such strategies. (Disclosure:
٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١
Lawyers ICBC ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ mark last week, a value not attained Future Tense is a partnership of Slate,
Claims on Earth since humans were first the New America Foundation, and
604 - 982 - 4051 human. ASU.) As an upcoming paper being
604 - 980 - 8571 This ominous milestone comes at a prepared by 15 of the participants*
time when the evidence that human at the meeting will argue, we came
Vol. 20 / No. 1239 - Friday, May 17, 2013 activity is resulting in u nprecedented to a broad consensus that there is an
climate change is now overwhelming. increasingly urgent need to seriously
More important, perhaps, even if all consider removing and sequestering
greenhouse gas production ceased CO2 directly from our atmosphere.
ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ immediately, this elevated carbon This effort should not be confused
dioxide level would persist in the with ongoing efforts to capture CO2
atmosphere for thousands of years. and sequestering it at its source, for
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ Indeed, even moving relatively example, from outgoing flue gas
quickly toward a carbon-neutral from coal-fired power plants. That
economy will still result in a net area is important, too, but it’s already
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ increase in CO2 in the atmosphere being explored, and the technological
for the foreseeable future. But that demands are quite d ifferent.
is moot, because we are nowhere Extracting CO2 from the atmosphere,
close to moving quickly in this even with its current level of 400
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer regard anyway. Fossil fuel reserves ppm, is very different—a nd in some
have effectively increased, due ways more difficult—than extracting
to improved technologies for it from flue gas, where the CO2
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- extraction, and investment in concentration is much greater. But on
alternative energy sources has been the brighter side, extracting ambient
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- limited due to artificially low prices CO2 from the atmosphere does not
on carbon-based energy. As a result, have to be anywhere near 100 percent
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- 2012 was likely another record year efficient. Both of these factors imply
for human-induced CO2 production. different constraints on the extraction
NORTH SHORE LAW LLP Advertisement process that will affect its ultimate
47 6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. So in addition to undertaking cost.
dramatic global efforts to reduce There are two parts to the extraction
klotfali@northshorelaw.com present and future C O2 emissions, process. First, one removes CO2
we need a strategy for addressing the from the air by using a sorbent,
47 Jeff Witten’s weekly Column Cutting Carbon Dioxide
Isn’t Enough
where people can locate the
information they need in a We have to invest in technology to remove the CO2
hurry, and that’s super easy to already in the atmosphere.
navigate.”
1392 تشهبیدرا27 جمعه- 1239 شماره/ سال متسیب “A primo website needs lots By Lawrence Krauss| May 13, 2013
of video. Video that isn’t just
chatter. The videos need to
tackle questions that people
“IT’S NOT SOMETHING have when they’re in the thick A thermal power plant in Changchun, China. Even as we try to reduce CO2
of it with ICBC.” production, what h appens to the CO2 already in the atmosphere?
WE NEEDED TO DO!!” “All kinds of blog postings Photo by STR/AFP/Getty Images
and special reports that are
“It’s something we wanted timely, entertaining and give
people the inside track on how ICBC
to do” injury claims work and what they need
to know if they’re going to get fairly
“Why bother? The old one is good compensated.”
enough!” “Our new website needs to be
“ Why spend all that time and money. written in language that everyone
As long as it’s as good as the other can understand. A ll the legal mumbo
firms in town, who cares?” jumbo is just a bunch of posing. It
When I first floated the idea of doesn’t do anything for the people
developing an entirely new McComb who are reading it.”
Witten w ebsite, the initial feedback I “ The web is mobile. Even my grandpa
received was less than enthusiastic. has a smartphone. Our new website
But as you’re probably aware, I don’t has to be designed so that mobile users
give up easily. And sometimes being get a first class experience”.
challenged by others motivates you Well, not only did I convince
even more. everybody else involved that McComb
So I started laying out my vision of Witten would be failing those who’d
what I honestly thought we needed if come to trust us if we didn’t launch
McComb W itten was going to have the a new website. But I’d articulated
best legal website in B.C. exactly what it needed to look like.
“ Here’s the thing. We need a website SO, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR.
CHECK OUT OUR NEW AND
IMPROVED WEBSITE at W WW.
MCCOMBWITTEN.COM
In touch with Iranian diversity
According to data being gathered carbon already up there. Recently, a
at the Mauna Loa Observatory in b road group of geologists, planetary
Hawaii, which has been m onitoring scientists, climatologists, social
atmospheric carbon dioxide since scientists, and physicists convened
1958, the CO2 concentration in at the Origins Project at Arizona
the Earth’s atmosphere officially State University, which I direct, to
ﻭﻛﻼ exceeded the 400 parts per million explore such strategies. (Disclosure:
٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١
Lawyers ICBC ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ mark last week, a value not attained Future Tense is a partnership of Slate,
Claims on Earth since humans were first the New America Foundation, and
604 - 982 - 4051 human. ASU.) As an upcoming paper being
604 - 980 - 8571 This ominous milestone comes at a prepared by 15 of the participants*
time when the evidence that human at the meeting will argue, we came
Vol. 20 / No. 1239 - Friday, May 17, 2013 activity is resulting in u nprecedented to a broad consensus that there is an
climate change is now overwhelming. increasingly urgent need to seriously
More important, perhaps, even if all consider removing and sequestering
greenhouse gas production ceased CO2 directly from our atmosphere.
ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ immediately, this elevated carbon This effort should not be confused
dioxide level would persist in the with ongoing efforts to capture CO2
atmosphere for thousands of years. and sequestering it at its source, for
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ Indeed, even moving relatively example, from outgoing flue gas
quickly toward a carbon-neutral from coal-fired power plants. That
economy will still result in a net area is important, too, but it’s already
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ increase in CO2 in the atmosphere being explored, and the technological
for the foreseeable future. But that demands are quite d ifferent.
is moot, because we are nowhere Extracting CO2 from the atmosphere,
close to moving quickly in this even with its current level of 400
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer regard anyway. Fossil fuel reserves ppm, is very different—a nd in some
have effectively increased, due ways more difficult—than extracting
to improved technologies for it from flue gas, where the CO2
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- extraction, and investment in concentration is much greater. But on
alternative energy sources has been the brighter side, extracting ambient
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- limited due to artificially low prices CO2 from the atmosphere does not
on carbon-based energy. As a result, have to be anywhere near 100 percent
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- 2012 was likely another record year efficient. Both of these factors imply
for human-induced CO2 production. different constraints on the extraction
NORTH SHORE LAW LLP Advertisement process that will affect its ultimate
47 6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. So in addition to undertaking cost.
dramatic global efforts to reduce There are two parts to the extraction
klotfali@northshorelaw.com present and future C O2 emissions, process. First, one removes CO2
we need a strategy for addressing the from the air by using a sorbent,
