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Crossroads: Contrarian views on the energy transition

Rob West’s views on the energy transition cannot by lazily pigeonholed.

The founder and CEO of Thunder Said Energy, an energy consulting firm, believes that nature-based solutions like reforestation and changes to agricultural practices could play a large role in offsetting carbon emissions – and help keep the world from becoming a wasteland. After all, West notes, anthropogenic carbon emissions are around 50 gigatons per year, but Earth’s natural carbon cycle amounts to 700 gigatons per year, meaning small changes to that natural cycle could make a large difference.

At the same time, West’s…

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