Now we here at fungreenfair.com are no fans of "scientifishtic" reasoning but apparently the planet is getting warmer because of a phenomenon called Global Warming. Apparently, lots of scientists think humans cause heating (of course so do cows)... But apparently, some politicians aren't so sure...

The Union of Concerned Scientists have lots of interesting views about the environment, nuclear war and human rights [Cartoon Contest on now!]. I came across the UCS site whie reading an incredible blog by a climate insider...

Former assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy during the Clinton Administration, Joseph Romm is the editor of Climate Progress. Joe is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.

 Joe actually has the solution to Global Warming...if only we had the political will:

So here is the basic solution. I have thrown in a couple extra wedges since I have no doubt that everybody will find something objectionable in at least 2 of these wedges. This is what the entire planet must achieve:

• 1 wedge of vehicle efficiency — all cars 60 mpg, with no increase in miles traveled per vehicle.
• 1 of wind for power — one million large (2 MW peak) wind turbines
• 1 of wind for vehicles –another 2000 GW wind. Most cars must be plug-in hybrids or pure electric vehicles.
• 3 of concentrated solar thermal – ~5000 GW peak.
• 3 of efficiency — one each for buildings, industry, and cogeneration/heat-recovery for a total of 15 to 20 million GW-hrs.
• 1 of coal with carbon capture and storage — 800 GW of coal with CCS
• 1 of nuclear power — 700 GW plus 10 Yucca mountains for storage
• 1 of solar photovoltaics — 2000 GW peak [or less PV and some geothermal, tidal, and ocean thermal]
• 1 of cellulosic biofuels — using one-sixth of the world’s cropland [or less land if yields significantly increase or algae-to-biofuels proves commercial at large scale].
• 2 of forestry — End all tropical deforestation. Plant new trees over an area the size of the continental U.S.
• 1 of soils — Apply no-till farming to all existing croplands.

That should do the trick. And yes, the scale is staggering.

 

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