RE: This is What Global Warming Looks Like
July 28, 2012 at 12:07 am
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2012 at 12:09 am by Justtristo.)
(July 27, 2012 at 8:46 am)Rhythm Wrote: Absolutely. So, how do you think we might best prepare, stall, or ultimately prevent? You mentioned massive investment in alternative energies, do you have a favorite? Along what lines might we be able to persuade developing nations to forego their investments in fossil fuel based infrastructure (assuming we decided to earnestly pursue alternatives ourselves)? I'm envisioning a future here where the decreased reliance on fossil fuels by developed nations lowers their price point and/or strengthens the bargaining power of developing nations with regards to the fossil fuel industry. If they lose their best customers theyre going to aggressively court new customers, and fossil fuel based energy is a relatively cheap path to increased quality of life and national development.
Initally I would be in favour of increased use of nuclear fission, along with improving the storage of nuclear waste. Let the anti-nuclear mob go and fuck themsleves with a double penetration dildo for all I care. Massively increased investment in solar, hydrogen fuel cell, nuclear fusion and high capacity batteries which can be used on electric vehicles.
However in the meantime we might have to do drastic measures such as seeding the oceans with Iron, in order to get greenhouse gas levels down to levels they would have been if it was not for the industral revolution.
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