Climate Change

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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

I could give you the solution in 2 words but I doubt any would understand. The solution has to be practical. It is completely unreasonable and impractical to think that 8 billion people will stop using fossil fuel because of climate change. Likewise, solar is becoming more and more economic and bigger and it is growing exponentially. But that doesn't mean people will stop using existing power plants fueled with fossil fuel.

So then it will take 100+ years to make the transition to an essentially carbon free power. So then the real question is what is the solution that will get us through the next 100 years. Personally I think the cost of climate change is finally beginning to take a bite out of numerous government budgets and that is the reason the consensus has swung, it truly is a "green" issue now.

I am avoiding getting into details about the "solution" because it is quite lengthy. But in short here is what a solution looks like -- it will be a city (we have to think of societal changes to make an impact), this city will be carbon neutral (as more and more of these cities get built we will see a significant decrease in emissions), this city will be designed to survive hurricanes, floods, droughts, tornadoes, and other forms of extreme weather events. This city will also be a far more economic place to live and far more pleasant place to live, this will be the motivation for people to move, build, and fund the construction. Finally the city has to be built in desert environments and ocean environments, because other than those two places it is hard to find the space to build brand new cities.

In two words the solution is the "New Jerusalem".

ZNP- problem with that solution is that the New Jerusalem is built by God- it's not earthly- where we all live. Perhaps the solutiion would be a little more God-given-down-to-earth: what about implementing a weekly sabbath rest. 6 days of energy use, one day of shutting down all but necessary consuming. Turn off the whole consumption/get ahead/entertainment/travel/military/electronic society and contemplate creation and the God who created all things. This would reduce what some feel are the catalysts for climate change about 14%. It would also be an internal change-maker for the human soul.