What we need to do to prevent climate change

COP26 was not an air-to-air moment, not a breakthrough in climate change. It is unfortunate that politics and commerce prioritize the event, and limit the potential. Commitment to the “bottom line” coal, instead of promising to get rid of it completely, shows you where we need to go. But the event also helped to illustrate the enormity of what must be done if survivors are to survive over the next century.

One “victory” at the ceremony was the belief that ensuring a global warming of 1.5 degrees was possible. It is worth mentioning, however, that 1.5 degrees it is not a matter of experiencing as much suffering as possible. In October, and IPCC predicted that such temperatures would result in a higher frequency of high tide waves, rain-like monsoon and frequent droughts. Extreme weather events that may have occurred once every 50 years may have become routine, even fatal.

So far, the facts of the matter have not changed: People should avoid adding fresh carbon dioxide and deal with what we have already released. This means a significant reduction in any of the world’s man-made emissions, the complete reorganization of agriculture and the over-production of air-conditioning technologies. And, of course, the process must have started well twenty years ago.

There are many frustrating things in the world, but what always hurts is that coal plants live pa being greenlit. Results of the Global Energy Monitor contains plants that are allowed or tied to (deep air) China, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Mongolia, Vietnam, Singapore, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Poland, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Brazil and Mexico. Monga Reuters he says, each plant is expected to operate for at least 40 years, seriously undermining Carbon Negative testing. It is not uncommon for anyone to keep these plants off the Internet, but rich countries have a responsibility to help fund some of these names to go to clean power.

The problem is that electricity will be a vital resource for the 21st century, especially if we want to tackle climate change. Many of the most important technologies, such as transportation, leave behind the fuel for electricity as their main source of fuel. The demand for energy on a global scale is growing, and we need to generate it cleanly. The US Center for Climate and Energy Solutions believes that by 2050, global energy efficiency will rise by 24 percent. So where are we going to get all this pure power?

Fusion, for all eternity, has been preserved as a magic bullet that will completely eliminate our anxiety in creating energy. Unlike Nuclear Fission, it emits less waste, requires less raw fuel and cannot emit escape power. Unfortunately, Fusion remains as complex as the arms of Venus de Milo or the new one Duke Nukem game. ITER, a world-funded, French-made, French-made testing machine will not run until early 2025 and is still experimental. If it is going well – and it is as good as it – we still have ten years to move forward, at a time when more gas should be done already.

This means that any detoxification must come from the renewable technology available to us today. Nuclear, Wind, Solar, Geothermal and Tidal forces all need to be added to make it possible, but the size of the operation in the US alone is astounding. According to EIA, The US generated at least 2,500 billion kWh of fuel from 2020. If you want to, for example, change all that with nuclear power, you need to build everything in the area of ​​300 reactors, or increase that number. of solar panels installed in the US for nearly a hundred – and not to mention intermittency.

However, one thing we can do is reduce our need for energy to reduce the need for these amazing changes. This can be, for example, as simple as locking your house properly (in a cool place) or repairing the AC system (in a warm place). Another sensible move is to leave your car in the public domain, to walk, or to ride your bike. There is evidence that adoption of e-bikes is becoming a major factor, and Forbes that sales are expected to grow from 4 million per year by 2020 to 17 million by 2030.

None of this, however, would be necessary unless we find a way to repay the debts that people have incurred for the past hundred years. The IPCC Price believes we need to get rid of one trillion tons of CO2 in the atmosphere soon. This can be done with large tree planting activities, much of which needs to be done, and the process may need some support.

This is why a number of developers have been working on industrial projects to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. At the moment, such a plan is very expensive, but we expect that as technology becomes more efficient, the price will start to fall. There is also concern, yes, that running such systems will give corrupt companies a free license to remain unchanged.

As we would expect this technology to mature rapidly, the amount of progress has to be very fast a, uh, information Faster. For example, Climeworks’ Orca, its new Icelandic gas-producing plant, will emit 4,000 tons of CO2 a year. If we come to the point where we can avoid the dangers of the weather just by digging, we need to multiply by a million times.

The point of this is, to put it bluntly, a clear explanation of how our perceptions of the moment should change. If we can cope with climate change then we need to go to war – where the economy did not work but to solve problems – which few can imagine. But, as many facts show, the only way we can avoid damage after pulling our feet for a long time is to go outside in search of a solution.