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While America sleeps

December 11, 2018 by Denis Pombriant

Part 2 Climate prescription Of the four issues that drive climate change—energy and infrastructure, population, carbon absorption, and water abundance and distribution—it’s tempting to identify “the one” on which all others depend and solve it. But all of the challenges have to be solved together. Like solving a Rubik’s Cube...

While America sleeps

December 06, 2018 by Denis Pombriant

Part 1 of 2 Civilization faces four major existential threats in this century. They have overlapping and sometimes contrary requirements. They need to be tackled together for they will not resolve separately. Population overshoot or too many people sharing the planet and its dwindling resources. Energy and infrastructure including dwindling...

Four things we need to solve climate change

December 06, 2018 by Denis Pombriant

Like solving Rubik’s cube, fixing climate change involves several simultaneous actions. Here are the primary challenges and how to deal with them. Carbon emissions take up the majority of any climate change discussion. The Paris Climate Accord is all about limiting emissions, car makers try to design cars that pollute...