And what is it about the WEF recommendations that are not aligned to market dynamics? This reminds me a lot of how vested interests in Texas worked so hard to keep Tesla out. Was that "free market"? How about all the bullshit roadblocks put in the way of Lyft and Uber? Is that your idea of free market economics?
Have you read the actual piece? Would you be surprised to know that it actually is mostly about market dynamics? How surprised would you be to learn that "end to private ownership" isn't mentioned at all in the whitepaper? Would you be surprised to learn it points out some of the same points you have made about the transition to renewables? Would you be surprised if it directly addresses many of
@SquatchinPoke concerns on ocean pollution and loss of biodiversity? Nah, I'm gonna bet you just read the Breitbart bullshit and said "good enough for me."
The energy transition requires huge amounts of critical minerals. But circular solutions alone won't be enough to sustain the demand – we need a change of mindset.
www.weforum.org
OK lets break this down:
1. Go from owning to using
Be honest, you likely have at least one old mobile phone tucked in the bottom of a drawer. Possibly an unused hard drive taking up space too. You aren’t alone. The average car or van in England is driven
just 4% of the time. While most already have a personal phone,
39% of workers globally have employer-provided laptops and mobile phones.
This is not at all resource efficient. More sharing can reduce ownership of idle equipment and thus material usage.
Car sharing platforms such as
Getaround and
BlueSG have already seized that opportunity to offer vehicles where you pay per hour used.
To enable a broader transition from ownership to usership, the way we design things and systems need to change too. For example, car sharing is made possible by new
keyless unlocking features. Similarly,
user profiles that create a distinction for work and personal use on the same device is needed to reduce the number of devices per person. A design process that focuses on fulfilling the underlying need instead of designing for product purchasing is fundamental to this transition. This is the mindset needed to
redesign cities to
reduce private vehicles and other usages.
Ok We are going to share computers or cars? Don't they do this in liberal cities? How will my wife and I share a car to drive to different workplaces from our rural home? I am sharing with Bill in IT and picking him up? We are back to car pools then? lol
2. Enable preference for longevity
Who doesn’t want to get the most out of everyday products like washing machines, and increasingly domestic solar panels? Increasing a product’s longevity can reap significant dividends. Keeping a smart phone for five years instead of three reduces the phone’s annual carbon footprint
by 31%.
The trouble is product companies are incentivized to sell more, not to design for longevity. While some product makers are transitioning to
subscription models that reward longevity, a bigger opportunity lies with commerce platforms. Today, customers can search for products by price, brand, colour, technical specifications, and increasingly sustainability claims. Durability needs to become a feature too. Niche e-commerce site
Buy Me Once offers only products that last for life. Their customers
save both time and money, in addition to environmental benefits. However, more data and consistent durability metrics are needed before we can easily compare and choose
durable products.
You all are buying new 1,000 dollar phones every 3 years? Why and no wonder your so poor. So the solution here fellows is go two more years on that cell phone. I don't even know what model mine is. I keep a phone for 5-10 years if at all possible. I hate changing phones hell I hate phones other then I have access to boobs at all times when I have it.
3. Build pride in second life
What if something can no longer be used for the purpose it was originally sold for? When an electric vehicle battery is replaced, it may still have up to
80% capacity remaining. Already, retired electric vehicle batteries have been repurposed to
power streetlights and a
stadium. General Motors is beginning to design batteries with the ease of transition to a
second life in mind. Refurbished consumer electronics are slowly coming into fashion with start-ups such as
Back Market and
Refurbed.
In the business-to-business world, increasing lifespan by remanufacturing brings the added value of reducing cost and delivery time. Remanufacturing constitutes more in-depth work that restores used equipment to its original performance level. For large-scale investments, such as wind turbines, it can almost double the return on original investment by extending the turbine life by
up to 20 years.
https://www.geomar.de/en/news/artic...-mining-on-the-deep-sea-environment#gallery-1
Wait for this one fellows. Recycling lol what a flipping concept. No wonder you libs are ruining this world you can't even think ahead to how you would handle the waste from batties. Heres another couple 100 billion Dave go knock yourself out.
www.breitbart.com
