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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Climate Change Choices: Mega-disaster, Micro-disasters OR Proactive Change

The longer mankind delays in taking united overall action to curb fossil fuel emissions, the more dramatic and drastic will be the proactive actions required later on in order to achieve the same effect. Note however, at this point in time, it's already no longer feasible to limit future temperature increases to 2 degrees Centigrade (almost 4 degrees Fahrenheit). Why? Because the current inertia and momentum of industrial expansion to provide for of a burgeoning world population's improving life style needs will carry us well past that. Thus, this level of temperature increase WILL occur, UNLESS a 'reactive' world disaster(s) soon occurs that disrupts the entire world wide industrial economy.

The result of increasing atmospheric and oceanic temperatures will eventually result in a wide variety of induced multiple micro-disasters that will overburden the international economies ANYWAY -- just simply at a later date, when higher temperatures will guarantee an eventual cumulative overall climate change 'mega-disaster'. So, without proactive measures, a normal sized world disaster(s) would be better now, when it could curb our fossil fuel consumption and CO2 release, rather than later, when it would be too late (since the additional CO2 would already be 'un'sequestered).

Do I need to be anymore specific than this? I think not. We all, in our heart of hearts, know what we're facing. Now, what we need is the courage to take 'proactive' controlled action in order to avoid 'reactive' uncontrolled solutions.




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