On Nov 2, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Edmund Storms wrote:
I don't think there is any possibility of stopping global warming,
but
this does not mean we should stop trying.
I think that with cold fusion, we could easily stop global warming.
See chapter 9 of my book, in which I take Ed to taks for saying what
he said here. It would cost a lot of money but the steps we would
take to do this would be immensely profitable in their own right,
apart from the fact that they would stop global warming.
Of course, CF could help. However, at least 10 years will be required
to master CF and introduce it at high level into the energy system.
The present system contains enormous financial and infrastructure
inertia that prevents adding energy from any source very fast. I'm
predicting that we will not be able to respond fast enough.
Perhaps we could do it with conventional energy as well, but it
would be immensely expensive and difficult.
First of all, the warming is caused by several processes, only one
of which we can control, i.e. CO2 emission.
I have not heard this. What other processes contribute?
Warming is caused by increased volcanic activity, especially under the
oceans, and by radiation from the Sun. Right now the Sun is at a
solar minimum, but this will change.
Ed
- Jed
