Harvests have failed. Forests have caught fire to rate not witnessed in living memory. And river levels have dropped here, the famous rhine nearly ran dry. The availability of water is something weve previously been able to take for granted. But as awesome as become ever more extreme, a change in behavior may be an order. The conscious management of our precious resources is a theme this week on made d ws business magazine. The scarcity of water is by no means limited to just germany, as well as the problems on the rhine, which may parts of the vital river difficult to navigate. Other european rivers also suffered at least po, run with only 12 percent, its usual volume of water and the u. K. So its hottest ever temperature topping 40 celsius for the very 1st time. Europes agriculture said that the hardest from the drought instead of burying our heads in the particularly dry sand, about the impact of our changing climate. Though it surely time to act. A good way to start would be to make better use of the water that we have. Blue drought in europe harvests are at risk. The Natural Environment has been hit hard. After so little rain, farmers need water from wells or innovative irrigation ideas. Ground water levels are dropping, rivers are drying out our storage reservoirs of solution. Oh, this electrically driven crop Sprinkler System is watering a sugar bead field day and night. To cut the high energy costs 3 bleached car bodine is using his own solar power. But a far bigger problem is that he needs more ground water than hes permitted to extract. Then get us probably him long. If we are to get this problem under control long term via here, we need a network of storage reservoirs here in the north, where some of the water that unnecessarily wasted is captured in buff on made available and fit for sprinkler irrigation. The anal looks like a mater, the sugar be that hes harvesting can also help to retain water in the region. So how does that work . The beat is sent in huge quantities to the local Sugar Factory in the northern germantown of ulster. 80 percent of the sugar is water, the sugar is extracted, but they aim to re use the water that is unable to bring us a substantial amount. You can imagine that if you irrigate a field with about 30 liters per square meter and not wood water, 4700. 00 hectors blue, thats the equivalent in area of 6500. 00 soccer pitches. The collecting basin is where the beat water from the Sugar Factory is stored. The farmers use it to irrigate their fields, and some of the water seeps down into the earth and replenish the ground water reserves. Clouds pass overhead with they dont bring rain. The collecting basin was the idea of the district, the head of local water and land associations. We have an, an oil pond dotted with a germany globally and principle finished. And we will have to retain water in lots of places in response to Climate Change while that because ultimately water is pivotal when it comes to Climate Change. You ma, vanetta, they will have to hurry because groundwater levels are sinking. The pumps of farmer huntsville, him harbor land, reach some 50 meters down into the ground. He has already extracted more groundwater this year than is permitted. And the electricity and running costs of the 5 pumping stations have exploded tablets from, from my you have the phone for may and june alone. Ive already paid 130000 euros for electricity just those 2 months. And julys bill is still to come in this order. You do fatality up. Its and its to cut water consumption. Hes using equipment produced by an israeli company, specializing in desert irrigation, that drip irrigation. So some supplies his potatoes with water explanatory cowboys. It saves me money because the drinkers lie on the crowley where the water is needed on the field, often fate beneath connecticut. Oh, the district water associations head has other ideas about how to retain more water, a local waste Water Treatment plant. He wants to collect the treated output and stop it running into the rivers and out to see its another example of how they want to stabilize groundwater levels. Here. Thats what i is infant. In principle, the water has been completely purified to meet the latest standards on his bed runs into the basin thats formed here it is pumped into a woodland area. Thats why fi there. The water is filtered again and it seeps through the soil. This is the cycle waste water from homes is taken by the sewage system to the Treatment Plant. Rather than pumping the treated water into a river, its diverted into a woodland area. There, its filtered additionally, as it passes through layers of soil. The clean ground water is pumped up to the service again, where it is sent via pipes to the farmers. They use the treated waste water for irrigation. The water from the Treatment Plant comes to this area of woodland thus are convenient to turn years down the line of remove it from the ground water again for field irrigation and name feverish carbo dean will also benefit. At some point his sons will take over his farm and for them to getting enough water for their fields is sick to remain a very hot topic and some encouraging examples that well hopefully catch on elsewhere. However, we also need to tackle the root cause of human made Climate Change if were to stop it in its tracks. Unfortunately, thats become less straightforward. Since russias invasion of ukraine, germany is rushed to end its reliance on russian gas has seen it. Switch to even more polluting, coal fired power stations and environmental step backwards for sure. But how green is natural gas . Anyway . Ill to rover common reports. We cook with heat with it, generate electricity with it, and also save the climate with it. Natural gas is versatile and cleaner than other fuels, so its really become the post the child of politicians proving that we dont have to choose between our environment and our con, and fossil fuel companies, the cleanest burning fossil fuel. The world needs fuels that are abundant, affordable, and lower carbon fuels, like natural gas fats. Hang on the minutes, should we really trust the fossil fuel industry thats responsible for half of all industrial Greenhouse Gas emissions since the Industrial Revolution to suddenly do whats best for the planet . Im probably not. So lets drill down and see how environmentally sustainable natural gas really is. Oh, broadly speaking, natural gas is a mix of different hydrocarbons. Mainly methane. Its found in rock formations deep below the earths surface, where it formed from the remains of plants and animals over millions of years. We develop techniques to extract it from there and have done so for decades. And global output has constantly gone up ever since. In the early 2, thousands Refined Processes like fracking allowed companies to access previously untapped reserves, especially in the west, the worlds biggest gas producer. This spec to real boom. And behind this boom, there was one big promise that natural gas could clean up the power sector. If you burn gas, natural gas, that is meat dime. Ah, you get half the c o 2 emissions of burning co. This is James Henderson who leads the Gas Research Program at oxford university. So natural gas still emits c o 2 when burned, its not entirely clean, but its cleaner than its alternatives like coal, well generate getting the same amount of energy. And so the 1st step for many countries is to switch away such as comb, particularly in college and ration. And you can imagine this like switching a color stove for a gas heater just on a much bigger scale. So instead of building a new coal power plant, build a guest tower planned or retrofit occult tower plan to run on gas kind of like the industry is showing up here. Ah, as a lot of relatively Clean Natural gas became suddenly available, it turned into more than just the fuel. It was now a bridge fuel making power, our economy with less of the Carbon Pollution that causes Climate Change. The thinking was this gas could be the bridge between fossil fuel power, past and future power by renewables. Up until today, politicians and the industry pushing this narrative. And thats because it works in this sector in the us. Typically, gas has been a boon for the climate knuckle naya is a gas market. The Analyst Research fun, bloomberg, and yet if you work a lot, us Carbon Emissions from the power back there from 2000 to 2020. The u. S. Is probably in the leads in terms of the carbon to carbonite power and much of that can be attributed to the use of natural gas. Its no surprise spend that much of the western world like the u. K. And the you have been following similar strategies. And theres Great Potential for natural gas elsewhere. You move to a country like china or india. Black coal plays a huge role in the energy economy. They havent really gone through that told you gotta switch yet. Gosh, that can grapple play a role as i feel like is a bridge view to a nice feature. But all that is only half the story because theres one big problem with gas that those in favor of it dont like to talk about much lou. Ready simply speaking, once gaskets extracted from the ground, it goes into a refinery, west processed. Ready from there, its distributed usually by a pipelines to power stations, homes or businesses, or it gets cooled down and turns into l. N. G liquefied natural gas, and then shipped around the world. And at every single one of these steps, methane can escape into the atmosphere. Methane as a Greenhouse Gas, thats 80 times more powerful and warming the planet than c o 2 or a 20 year period. Its invisible, but with the help of satellites or very expensive special cameras, its possible to spotted move, Climate Change is happening. And natural gas, which is by the way, also called fossil gas, ultimately is a fossil fuel that will make it worse. The science is clearer on this. If we want to avoid catastrophic Global Warming, we need to be reducing our use of gas drastically. Not keep expanding it in countries that still use a lot of coal, particularly in asia, switching to gas can still save emissions. But on a global scale, we need to start phasing it out. That switch from tulsa gas can be one of the initial stages towards reducing emissions. But of course, you know, ultimately as and when that switch has happened, gas then becomes the global. It becomes the hydrocarbon that emits c o 2 when burned. In fact, if gas use were to continue to grow as plans, it would be completely out of line with our aim to limit Global Warming to 1. 00 degrees, according to a recent un report. Plus every bit of infrastructure we build. Now well look and gas use long into the future, new instructor, things like power, plant, or elegy, journals, a have a typical lifetime of 30 years. This is avi rubbing humor. Research is how to lower emissions in the energy sector. So when you build a plan right now, you make 22. 00, it operation lifetime will extend to 20, but the question is, you know, we do need natural gas. We are using that natural gas structure be useful. So 2 years from now. But despite all these warnings, it seems to be pretty much business as usual. A recent investigation by the guardian reveals that oil and Gas Companies have plans to massively expand that production. Again, we put this to the gas industry. The i o g p said using gas to replace coal is a no brainer. That its the job of Energy Companies to meet demands at the job of government to change them on the edge. And you said that gas is critical for an achievable, affordable, sustainable, and secure the carbon evasion of the Global Energy system. They also respectfully disagree that theres no room for more natural gas. Thats the thing that the gas industry completely overlooks. This is lauren stockman, who had the research at oil change international, the Climate Advocacy Group that they locked in for this kind of fantasy that their fossil fuel is the one that is okay and can grow grow and that the others will, will carry the burden of getting us to, to our mission goals, and theres really not a credible climate scenario in which gas can grow. But that really backs the question. If we need to use less gas, what should we use instead . Well, most importantly, we should tap cleaner Energy Sources like wind and solar, which are by and large also cheaper. However, we do it, we need to cross the gas bridge sooner rather than later. Because thats the thing with bridges. They have a beginning and an end more cars are of course, a major emitter of harmful gases as well. Thanks to the continued dominance of the internal combustion engine. Thats why theres been much talk of alternative biofuels are made from wheat or rape seed, for example. Over the past 30 years, their production has increased significantly last year, output reached 1700000. 00 barrels of Oil Equivalent per day worldwide. Oh, theres put that into context. United arab emirates reduces almost double that amount of actual oil each day. Recently, food prices worldwide have been soaring, driven up as a result of the war in ukraine. Now the question is being asked, should we be dedicating farm space to fuels or to food but gas tank is no place for food. Environmental step hung a banner on the reap seed silo in the port of hamburg. They are angry that more and more arable land is being used to produce biofuel rather than to grow food crops. Bill cuts tougher. Im housing biofuel and car tanks is environmental nonsense. I, were facing a global foot crisis and turning valuable grain into gasoline is responsible for the German Government has to stop this nonsense immediately. Land food belongs on our plates and not in the tank. Good often tell our mission and tank biofuel is mixed with conventional fuel to reduce c o. 2 emissions in light of the Energy Crisis manufacturers believe there is more need for this than ever. Be a colonel mayor. We could produce more biofuel, but we would have to focus on that one out in focus. But the moment i think germany is caught up in great change and impulse. But thats the challenges that we are facing. Those are gigantic history, isnt decamped . Ish. Farmer court anchor also has no time for the proposed ban on biofuels. He supplies grain to a biofuel factory near the eastern german city of leipzig, but its low Quality Grain that isnt suitable for bread making about 20 per cent of his harvest. His destined for the gasoline tank. Thus this craig, north head more for wheat that can be used for bread after all, over the humour for high quality wheat with a lot of protein for the past industry probably get an even better price. Ive gotten last of all, theres the wheat that is used for animal feet, and by you ethanol. So lets come with all right, so be, i dont know if he sells his low Quality Grain to crop energies. The company uses it to make bio ethanol. And when they entered the market 30 years ago, they got subsidies from the e. U to take the surplus grain off the market. Now they have become whipping boys because they produce fuel rather than food. The managers feel misunderstood, they say theyre not destroying anything that could go on peoples plate. Yeah, he is absent for being primarily we use animal feed wheat, which is not suitable for baking. When we use barley and corn syrup, which are also not suitable for baking, as they are of animal feed quality, put, accredited by a lot of c o. 2 is produced as a byproduct that can be used in the food industry. For example, to make fizzy mineral water under the product is protein thats used to make animal feet saving the need to import soybeans from south america, where rain forests are often illegally cut down to make way for so i plantations. The Biofuel Company sees itself as a reliable local producer that can ease the pressure on germany during the Energy Crisis. Somebody be avoided in 2021. For example, i replaced 1400000000 liters of the fossil fuel gasoline lines with renewable bye with annals analysis. That is a basis sign for further reducing dependency on russian oil was a from at a light notified by the p. C. K. Refinery in eastern germany. Was supplied directly by a siberian pipeline up to now, but at the end of the year, thats due to stop with the biofuel manufacturer could partially plug the gap and further expand local production. But opposition is growing much to the annoyance of verbiage o c. E. O, y m in dodge dental junction plants are in germany, asked us, but we are not dependent on our product remaining in germany. As i can deny, i can only repeat the naivety in germany is so indescribable. Only do i know what else to say. The foot mechanics in other countries think about selves much more and in the current situation, that is what we should be doing to that we have to have a rethink biofuels, and bio energy are not just positive in terms of the climate. They also ensure security of supply for solid m. C. Id be, critics are unimpressed and are calling for farmers to cultivate food crops and nothing else. They want biofuels to become a thing of the past and on the, on the lose all we have the solution. How to his feet, electric cars are much more efficient and conventional ones or to some they are more climate friendly. Lisa, we have to speed up the phasing out of combustion engines. Latoya slowing, but biofuel manufacturers have a different idea they could gradually switch from grain to energy rich straw and mon, newer from livestock pens. While they say that necessity is the mother of invention when the need is at its greatest. Thats when we start to innovate. As you just saw, another pressing requirement is the need for new ways to build 14000000000 cubic meters of concrete al produced each year, but at enormous cost to our environment. So what else could we be building with . Lets take a look. Hey, ever heard of this . You can build houses with god. Ah, no joke. You can make concrete out of carbon dioxide. Well, thats what i heard from a startup in canada. Wait, did i hear that . Hey madison, can your Company Really make concrete out of thin air . We can actually me concrete out is out of been here. What we do is we have a c o 2 embedded or enhanced supplementary material. The very long word. But essentially its an additive that can replace a portion of cement in a concrete mix. Ok, not really concrete odyssey or to, but something that replaces a part of the cement. Confused. Lets break it down. Concrete is basically made out of 3 ingredients, cement, sand, and water. And it seems to me that it is everywhere. Right Madison Colgate right now is the 2nd house you substance on earth, other than water. Currently, the rate of growth emitted the built environment is about equivalent to building one new york city every month while building houses and infrastructure. The great thing with a little problem. This is the bad guy. The production of cement, emits enormous amount of c o. 28 percent of all Greenhouse Gases are caused by the Construction Industry. Thats huge. Madison said her company has a solution. A substitute made out of surprising ingredients, industrial waste like ashes and c o 2. When you have time to process technology and that kind of comes in the form of a very large reactor. Essentially how it works is we put our solid heat stops into the vessel, and then we pressurized that with c o 2 and we rotate the vessel for a number of hours. Okay, lets go industrial wrist like ashes and 0 to ah, okay. Whats happening in the chemical process, the c o 2 molecule men of the lives with the industrial artist. It is as if the Greenhouse Gas fossilize is a completely different material comes out and it can replace up to 40 percent of the cement the production does not emit Greenhouse Gas, it absorbs it. In other words, the climate damage in Greenhouse Gas is trapped in the concrete madison. You want to build the future with a waste of today. We project that by 2030, well be able to achieve 600, make tons of carbon reduction. Good luck. Using human substitutes can to make the Construction Industry completely green, but it can at least make it a bit. 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