New York magazine in its August issue put out the long-range forecast. IF things continue as if nothing is wrong, they forecast that human civilization might start to collapse about 70 years from now, especially from lack of food. (âHuman Civilization has already collapsed?â I heard that!)
In reality this boiling frog thing can only go so far. Some people might make frogs look modestly intelligent but thatâs not all of us. The world was faced with rapidly expanding holes in the ozone layer 30 years ago, so almost all of the world signed a treaty banning CFCs. 85% of the CFCs up there are still up there, it will take about 200 years for the remaining CFCs to dissipate properly, but the holes in the ozone layer stopped growing and have started shrinking.
We need the following R&D:
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Effective carbon sequestration, along with disassembly of volatile greenhouse gases such as methane and NOx.
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Protection/restoration of the Arctic Oceanâs ice pack and the natural snow albedo on tundra lands.
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Renewables for the following huge jobs:
âfull heating and a/c for buildings. Firewood is problematic!
âall sorts of transit
âstorage of heat/electricity for electric power at night
We need people to get off their froggies and lobby every university, every greenwashing megacorp and every regional/state governent for all of these things. Also, please pull a dead fish out of somebodyâs living room in Houston and then toss it at your favorite philanthropic organization. They all are such a chorus line of deadbeats when it comes to saving everybodyâs kids from an early death.