Deconstructing The Real Causes Of Climate Change (w/ Prof. Aviva Chomsky)
The Climate Pod
What Are Life Cycle Omissions?
All energy does have a cost, and it's not a cost that we are unable to quatify. So what are life cycle omissions? And why do they matter when we think about the accounting for omissions? Ok, so when we count the emissions from fossil s usually were only counting the omissions from the actual burning of the fossil fuels. But there's all kinds of hidden costs that go into a life cycle analysis. That is, once the plants are built, they may be close to zero emissions, but building the intra structure and maintaining the intra structure creates emissions. A single solar panel for the roof top of a house costs less in terms of resources to produce than does
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