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Before I go ahead and bash the entire world political establishment à la Greta Thunberg, let's remind ourselves of some great things we have accomplished:
World leaders including Ronald Regan, Brian Mulroney and Margaret Thatcher pass international convention banning ozone-layer destroying chemicals, then successfully ratified by member-states, thus saving our Earth's ozone layer
World leaders and the Unites Nations pass International Ballast Water Convention, potentially saving entire marine species, and preventing invasive marine species dispersal worldwide
Automobile manufacturers drastically cut down on emissions through installation of the catalytic converter on all vehicles, and further improve fuel economy via new technologies such as turbo-boosting, variable valve timing, hybrid gas-electric engines, etc.
Tesla and other companies begin the popularization of the electric car
Wildlife refuges set up and enforced worldwide for the protection of endangered species as notable as the rhinocerus, lion and elephant
We have come so far and accomplished so many great things!
When it comes to climate change however, many world leaders seem to talk the talk but do not walk the walk. They have to stop spending all their energies on international agreements and focus on real local solution implementation. No one is taking the initiative and going first.
Even Greta speaks too generally! They always speak generally, complain about funding, create unnecessary debt, fund failed ventures, don't enforce or mandate anything to the private sector, fail their international obligations, sign onto more unreachable international targets, spend more on vehicle emissions testing than said funds could accomplish in fuel emissions reductions by actually being invested in technology, etc.
They need to
Mandate oil and power companies to construct and operate more renewable power generation
Mandate power infrastructure providers and operators to assure an overall power grid is constructed so that power can satisfy peak electricity demand once solar and wind cause less available local power
Send envoys to countries that have already more successfully transitioned off of majority fossil fuels, such as Sweden and Germany, so that we can have the know-how to also do the same
Provide resources to individual cities and factories to facilitate their installation of solar power and green roofing
Mandate that all new construction is equipped with solar and geothermal
Incentivize only successful green companies rather than waste direct subsidies on unsuccessful green ventures
Mandate the sale of only recycled paper and personal hygiene products made from recycled materials
Incentivize the construction of battery building and recycling factories so that the batteries that seem to be the solution to transportation can be done in a clean way and locally
Ensure oil and gas companies acknowledge that their products have no future, and their survival depends on their adapting to delivering renewable power instead
Acknowledge that some fossil fuel company subsidies may be just if funds are specifically used in the transition from fossil fuel energy production to renewable energy production
Mandate the farming industry to slowly transition to organic and less methane producing agriculture
Before I go ahead and bash the entire world political establishment à la Greta Thunberg, let's remind ourselves of some great things we have accomplished:
World leaders including Ronald Regan, Brian Mulroney and Margaret Thatcher pass international convention banning ozone-layer destroying chemicals, then successfully ratified by member-states, thus saving our Earth's ozone layer
World leaders and the Unites Nations pass International Ballast Water Convention, potentially saving entire marine species, and preventing invasive marine species dispersal worldwide
Automobile manufacturers drastically cut down on emissions through installation of the catalytic converter on all vehicles, and further improve fuel economy via new technologies such as turbo-boosting, variable valve timing, hybrid gas-electric engines, etc.
Tesla and other companies begin the popularization of the electric car
Wildlife refuges set up and enforced worldwide for the protection of endangered species as notable as the rhinocerus, lion and elephant
We have come so far and accomplished so many great things!
When it comes to climate change however, many world leaders seem to talk the talk but do not walk the walk. They have to stop spending all their energies on international agreements and focus on real local solution implementation. No one is taking the initiative and going first.
Even Greta speaks too generally! They always speak generally, complain about funding, create unnecessary debt, fund failed ventures, don't enforce or mandate anything to the private sector, fail their international obligations, sign onto more unreachable international targets, spend more on vehicle emissions testing than said funds could accomplish in fuel emissions reductions by actually being invested in technology, etc.
They need to
Mandate oil and power companies to construct and operate more renewable power generation
Mandate power infrastructure providers and operators to assure an overall power grid is constructed so that power can satisfy peak electricity demand once solar and wind cause less available local power
Send envoys to countries that have already more successfully transitioned off of majority fossil fuels, such as Sweden and Germany, so that we can have the know-how to also do the same
Provide resources to individual cities and factories to facilitate their installation of solar power and green roofing
Mandate that all new construction is equipped with solar and geothermal
Incentivize only successful green companies rather than waste direct subsidies on unsuccessful green ventures
Mandate the sale of only recycled paper and personal hygiene products made from recycled materials
Incentivize the construction of battery building and recycling factories so that the batteries that seem to be the solution to transportation can be done in a clean way and locally
Ensure oil and gas companies acknowledge that their products have no future, and their survival depends on their adapting to delivering renewable power instead
Acknowledge that some fossil fuel company subsidies may be just if funds are specifically used in the transition from fossil fuel energy production to renewable energy production
Mandate the farming industry to slowly transition to organic and less methane producing agriculture
