| The bottom line is, it would take an effort unlike any humanity has ever attempted for us to avoid catastrophic global warming and devastating ocean acidification. We would have to march in lock-step as a species, making carbon the obsessive focus of all we do, in every facet of our life, if we hope to awaken Scrooge-like, a changed species, filled with redemption, converted from history's greatest villain, to its greatest hero. Solutions? Sure, they're out there. But as I tell my friends, when it comes to actually using them, and using them in time, I am hopeful, but I am not optimistic. |
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