A simple method of useful, productive natural carbon sequestration is: to grow more trees, multi-fruit orchards and edible gardens, vegetation, bamboo, grasses, and reeds for traditional basket weaving, bamboo furniture, and bamboo architecture - in the traditional way of the Southeast Asian cultures that made useful tools out of the raw materials Mother Nature gave us. And since we've been investing so much effort and time and energy and technology into collecting the plastics littering the ocean and recycling what we can, I say, now more than ever, it makes sense to invest in GREEN as in natural strong fibres and reeds - especially in Asia according to the traditional basketweaving and bamboo handicrafts and architecture. Therefore, here, I make a simple case for North Americans supporting and patronizing traditional basketry:
Instead of plastic containers harming land and especially sea animals, baskets made of natural fibres are relatively harmless. Upon going lost at sea due to storms, high winds, etc. natural fibres only form flotsam with bits of wood pushed by the currrents that become homes and hideouts for small growing fish fry, shrimp and crill. Natural fibres are non-invasive materials that biodegrade naturally and are benign to creatures and planet because they are biodegradeable. And to top it all off, growing this sort of useful renewable vegetation creates a natural carbon sink without all the expensive billions of dollars worth of heavy equipment and infrastructure that may also prove to be huge energy hogs when all is said and done about the debate on whether or not we should resort to using carbon sequestration technology and infrastructure. Just because you can engineer it, does it necessarily mean you should "just do it'? I am not confident the carbon sequestration benefits will outweigh the massive costs for infrastructure, mining resources, energy, etc. However, investing in fuel made from compost toilet human waste in developing countries might also be a good carbon sequestration method:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SyOJMUcWMo
To follow up on October 13 Lecture, I am much in favour of a carbon tax wherever petroleum energy is consumed or exploited - maybe even more engaging would be an even higher plastic goods levy - wherever plastic is employed in design, distributed, and sold; and a levy for all other materials known to be derivatives of petroleum that cannot naturally biodegrade in Nature - like technical outerwear and synthetic textiles. Simply put, higher taxes plus petroleum product levies can generate revenue for future green power strategies and ecologically restorative and ecologically sensitive projects, as well as funding ways to make Nature and the built environment more accessible to the physically challenged.
