The insanity of killing whales so that Vermonter’s can have heat pumps and drive EV’s becomes more infuriating when the importance of whales in reducing carbon is taken into account. If whales were allowed to return to pre-whaling populations the increase in carbon capture from their enormous mass and long lives, and their fertilizing effect for phytoplankton (responsible for 40% of planetary carbon dioxide removal via photosynthesis) would be of great benefit to the planet, whereas trying to replace conventional electricity generation with off-shore wind turbines is of great benefit only to the powerful renewable industry.
The insanity of killing whales so that Vermonter’s can have heat pumps and drive EV’s becomes more infuriating when the importance of whales in reducing carbon is taken into account. If whales were allowed to return to pre-whaling populations the increase in carbon capture from their enormous mass and long lives, and their fertilizing effect for phytoplankton (responsible for 40% of planetary carbon dioxide removal via photosynthesis) would be of great benefit to the planet, whereas trying to replace conventional electricity generation with off-shore wind turbines is of great benefit only to the powerful renewable industry.
See this report about whales and climate change:
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2019/12/natures-solution-to-climate-change-chami
Remember that old Crosby, Stills & Nash song "To The Last Whale"? Where are all these environmental activists now?