The One Skillset No One Wants From Indigenous People, & The Skillset of Dystopian Survivalism
I started growing Typha Latifolia a few years ago in my ponds, and I started to understand why this plant was revered by indigenous people across the globe. Although it is an invasive species in Hawaii. In the UK, it is one of many native wetland species, and it's an important plant for carbon capture. The annual biomass output from Typha is phenomenal. We could be cleaning our rivers and capturing CO2 into a plant that fills the cells within its leaves with CO2 and pressurises it. HIGH CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN AERENCHYMA OF TYPHA LATIFOLIA Of course, this is more nuanced, but there is potential to capture CO2 in much higher concentrations than just the biomass. Typha has the potential to survive temperatures as high as 48°C, as well as at the Arctic Circle. This plant has been almost everywhere humans have in the last 100,000 years. Indigenous people have used typha for bedding, insulation, thatch, floor mats, medicine, food, fire lighting, arrow shafts & cordag...