Aggressive direct air capture technologies need to be scaled. But, a rule of chemical engineering is that the cost of removing a pollutant is inversely proportional to its concentration — carbon capture is expensive. A recent study has now shown no discernable difference in results between stopping emissions now, and in 2100 — we would still see us creep over the edge. So what is the next strategy and how do we secure a sustainable future?

Our time on this planet is finite, as is our energy and our focus. Given the increasingly boundless options open to each of us, we live in an age where although many local hurdles might hinder us, the fundamental tramlines are mostly to do with our time and energy. So where is best to focus this time? If you concentrate on doing one thing and one thing only, it is commonly believed that you will succeed. If you spread yourself thinly across many different domains, the chances are that you will become general mediocrity. But how true is this?

No one fully understands the brain. The irony of the perpetual race into space and yet the complexities of the mind still baffles us. — Creativity is an area where psychologists and neurologists alike debate time and time again. Whilst you can blame stupid decisions on your frontal lobe, innovation and ideation remain a mystery — ironically, everyone seems to be looking for that light-bulb moment.

We need to both reduce our CO2 emissions and increase our food supply to meet the needs of our expanding population. Reducing our meat consumption could help us tackle this problem and a $280,000 burger might hold part of the answer. — The Problem The start of 2021 had lots of points for celebration. A Democratic majority in the Senate and House, booming markets as a result, and a continued rollout of vaccinations to our most vulnerable to help curb Covid-19. But I found there was one piece of news that overshadowed all this…

As the first country to see the rising sun, could it be the perfect landscape for providing models to future-proof the world? An insight into Covid, tech and farming. — In the period 1890–1920 New Zealand was at times regarded by foreign academics as the “social laboratory”, where new policy initiatives were pieced together for testing and evaluation. Although now far removed from a mere ‘testing site’ for the world’s social and economic policy, many are looking at New Zealand’s…

The vertical farming market has seen an explosion in activity over the past 5 years, with companies raising over $1 billion in funding since 2015. In this blog post, I discuss the problems behind the hype and the advancements needed to turn the industry from VC trend to true disruptor. — Unless you’ve been living under a rock…is how I wanted to start this blog post, but the truth of the matter is that although many in the VC and startup world will have heard of vertical farming, the majority of mainstream consumers will have not. Despite this, vertical farming has…

There are currently 270 million cars in circulation within the US, and 35 million in the UK. Put together, and taking an average car to be £15,000, we are looking at an asset bank of £4.5 trillion pounds, or around the size of the Federal Reserve’s current asset holdings. — Yet it is quite possibly the most under-utilised asset in the entire world. A car has an estimated utility of 5%, given they spend 95% of their time parked.

An opinion piece on ‘The Social Dilemma’; A Netflix Docu-drama centered around the haunting power of social media and its attention-grabbing algorithms. — The effects of social media usage on young adults has been an escalating topic of discussion. There can be no doubt that apps like facebook, twitter and instagram can bring immense freedom to one’s life; From democratising communication from opposite ends of the world, to a life-time of information becoming…

The future of the office has been a hot topic of debate following the global work-from-home experiment we were forced into back in March 2020. …