This in another entry in the
Transitioning chapter in the Clean Energy Haiku book.
Even
though Canada’s contribution to global GHGs is miniscule compared to – say –
China, it is unlikely that there is a contiguous population of under 40 million
anywhere in the world the emits as much as we do.
And this
is an attempt to make sense of the haiku on the above painting of Lunenburg NS.
Line 1:
bootstrap propulsion: when operation is no longer dependent on outside power or
(GHG-emitting) propellants it is said to be in a self-sustaining, or bootstrap,
operation.
Line 2:
Tangential economics means applying economic principles to real-world events
that may not often appear connected to economics.
Line 3:
In the early stages of transitioning to a carbon-neutral economy, while we are
still so fossil-fuel dependent, the emission of greenhouse gas (GHG) must be
reduced where ever possible.
