re: #131 KingKenrod

That’s right. That’s a difficult political task and will take a long time - it’s already taken a long time. It’s not the skeptics, really, it’s the interest every human being has in cheap energy. Even people who accept the science don’t act accordingly. Congress and their constituents are used to kicking the can down the road. And then there’s China and India.

I think in the short term the damage is done. I also think a workable atmospheric carbon removal technology will probably come along, maybe in 1 to 2 centuries. That’s just a guess. By then, we should be off carbon- releasing energy sources. The extra CO2 will be in the atmosphere until then. We should plan for a warmer earth until then and spend some capital to adapt wherever necessary.

Sweet! Thank you for responding. Your basic position is that nothing can be done because the rest of the world wants to catch up with us.

But what if the rest of the third world leapfrogs the west and installs nuclear power stations for their electricity needs?