Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change talks about the need for America to show leadership on the climate issue, and offers a comprehensive energy plan to reduce carbon emmissions. Video - 45 minutes
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3 comments
January 20th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Jim Berry
I’m quite concerned that the solutions may be worse than the problem. Or that trillions will be spent to no affect other than that they could have been spent better.
Why the concern about sustainability? All that is necessary is to sustain until the next technology breakthrough.
The problems of biomass are ignored. The biggest possibly being the impact on the cost of food.
Let us hear from the scientists on both sides of the global warming issue and less from those those who appear to be using this issue to push other agendas or who make a business of this issue.
Even with no concerns about global warming it is hard to imagine that in 80 years the world will still be using hydrocarbons as its main energy source. The CO2 problem (if it is a problem) will resolve itself with little intervention.
February 5th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
wilson p. chua
Considering that it has been consensually agreed that a big cause for the global warming is the unabated use of fossil fuels, leading to the massive buildup of greenhouse gases, may I suggest that the usage of fossil fuels be minimized if not eliminated within a certain timetable, and in its stead, other types of energy sources be studied and prioritized.
Some of this may be solar energy, wind energy, wave energy, and for the bigger ticket energy needs, maybe the use of DEUTERIUM energy(nuclear fusion) be encouraged for bigger energy generation needs.
I am sure that if the above could be implemented on a widescale and sustained basis. it would go a long way into reversing, or at the very least the slowing down of the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions.
March 1st, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Hal Newnan
It seems we have an urgent need to lower CO2 emissions by 80% or more, or watch the climate crisis spiral out of control. This appears to be a fact that the vast majority of CREDIBLE scientists specialised in this study agree on. Why wait for an iffy technological breakthrough that, if it comes at all is likely to come too late when we have plenty of adequate and economically beneficial sustainable technologies now?
The only people who would be likely to oppose widespread adoption of sustainable energy would seem to be paid traditional energy lobbyists, their political lackies, or plainly ignorant people.