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Funny how deforestation machinery can run at catastrophic scale and speed, but replanting trees is still largely done by hand and shovel.  An Ontario-based start-up aims to improve this equation using new drone technology.  Good idea. See First drone project of its kind planning to plant a billion trees by 2028:

While this is not the world’s first drone-headed reforestation project, Flash Forest advisor Angelique Ahlstrom told Good News Network in an email that their startup is the first of its kind in Canada.

“Our goals are to have a significant and measurable impact on mitigating climate change in the next decade, while combatting deforestation and biodiversity loss on a global scale,” wrote Ahlstrom. “Using this technology, we aim to plant at least 1 billion trees by the year 2028.

“We feel we are one of the only ways that the federal government will be able to fulfill its pledge to plant 2 billion trees in the next ten years,” she added.

Thirty years into my own marriage and 22 years as a parent, I thought this talk made some valid points.  Wishing you happy holidays.

Choosing to marry and share your life with someone is one of the most important decisions you can make in life. But with divorce rates approaching fifty percent in some parts of the world, it’s clear we could use some help picking a partner. In an actionable, eye-opening talk, psychiatrist George Blair-West shares three keys to preventing divorce — and spotting potential problems while you’re still dating.  Here is a direct video link.

This segment should be called “why is it hard to buy electric vehicles”.  The technology is superior to internal combustion engines (ICE) and at least 80% cheaper to run.  Moving present policy incentives from antiquated old tech to electric vehicles and renewable energy has an important role to play in making a needed transition here.  In a world of falling sales and weak demand, EVs and their infrastructure are an obvious growth area.  Best to skate where the puck is going.

Or as former Bank of Canada and outgoing Bank of England head Mark Carney warned in July: “The most important thing is to move capital from where it is today to where it needs to be tomorrow. Companies that don’t adapt – including companies in the financial system – will go bankrupt without question.”

The long-standing myths about electric vehicles one reason they aren’t everywhere and subject to months-long waits. David Common looks at why and some incentives that could boost supply of electric vehicles. Here is a direct video link.