What's the state of passive energy generation and making it go without wires(as example of better distrobuting energy)- Has the city considered adopting self driving cars (if the technology is here) Just as an aside- a small piece of the puzzle for santa fe reducing carbon imitions with a mas transit system that wasn't a mess (try getting to the comunity colledge from where I live for example) Even at the comunity colledge some portion of the students are in denial about global weather changes.
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Paul Paryski <[email protected]> wrote: > Although there are many, many proven technologies for reducing a perhaps > absorbing GHG, very few have been put in place. A quick glance at > wikipedia, IPCC and 350.org lists thousands. But in reality it is too > late to stop a global temperature change of 2-4C and its very scary > impacts; we are way past the worst case scenarios predicted by the IPCC. > Rational governments should immediately work on adaptation strategies, > e/g/ NYC. > Not a pretty future for humanity. > cheers? Paul > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Cc: Mike Collins <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 9:40 am > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Why Climate Deniers Have No Scientific Credibility - > In One Pie Chart > > Fascinating. Unfortunately, we don't have a similar, sound, list of > preventative methods. > > I'm told, for example, nuclear electricity generation is on the + side, > vastly less contaminating, weather wise, than most current sources. The > spent fuel problem is being solved by interesting reuse in the construction > of the reactor chamber. > > Yet we reject it to the degree that we are falling behind in nuclear > engineering. > > Similar, very local distributed electric generation is also being > rejected. Solar in Santa Fe is not allowed in "historic" areas. > Neighborhood energy generation techniques are not being pursued. > > I live in a city that can't even handle a problem as trivial as > reasonable broadband per household. Do I think we have a chance of > reducing pollution when we can't even solve broadband? > > No. > > So a list of preventatives could be a help. Especially with the same > ratio of acceptance as this report! > > -- Owen > > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> FYI >> >> >> http://www.desmogblog.com/2012/11/15/why-climate-deniers-have-no-credibility-science-one-pie-chart >> >> -tj >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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