ORCA ZODE
Ian McKay
Notes by this Author
Food without agriculture
If it takes more than a calorie of fossil hydrocarbons to produce a calorie of food, should we just eat the oil directly?
May 13, 2024
Nontechnical
Nontechnical
Nontechnical
Checking some prejudices on materials decarbonization
We'll make more decarbonization progress by inventing the materials of the future than by reinventing the materials of the past.
May 15, 2024
Less technical
Less technical
Less technical
New figures on the cost of contrail avoidance
~1% of global warming addressable at around $1/ton CO2 equivalent.
June 23, 2024
Nontechnical
Nontechnical
Nontechnical