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Rejoice My Tongan Brothers and Sisters! You Will Soon Be Rid of Your Ridiculous Royal Family & You Can Now Save Yourselves

Creative Greenius

While inspirational leaders like President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives islands: And President Anote Tong of the island nation of Kiribati -. - Because the longer you wait, the longer it’s going to take you to start cutting Tonga’s carbon footprint – which you should have started doing already.

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Could Sucking Up the Seafloor Solve Battery Shortage?

Cars That Think

"We are committed to turning those rocks into metal using renewable power and with zero solid waste," Shesky says. Another study has shown that producing metals from nodules would create far less carbon dioxide emissions than from land ores. The sediments settle down or dilute back to background levels quickly.

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