NOT for Sale | Frankly #24
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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What Are We Selling Now and Don't Even Know It?
The problem with humans is that in partnering with fire the last 200 years, we can actually find reasons to permanently use things up and rationales on ways to do it. I think just in our normal everyday lives and economic systems, we are selling the oceans. We've traded or sold coral reefs and most large species in the seas for a CO2 buffer. 90% plus of the extra heat added from fossil fuels has gone into the ocean. It's greatly slowed the warming and the events we experience on land. If we could buy another generation for living the high life and global commerce, who cares if the seas get more carbonated?
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