A Real Solution to Climate Change

No meeting on 11/28/19 due to Thanksgiving

Sixteen year old Greta Thunberg avoids air travel as part of her personal fight against Climate Change. So it was a big deal for her to sail across the Atlantic to give a speech at the UN Climate Summit in NYC, on September 23. She planned to stay in the Americas until the nations of the world met at COP 25 in Santiago, Chile, December 2-13, to form international climate policy. Because of the media attention she attracted, climate change would finally get a serious public discussion in the weeks leading to COP 25.  

Greta's speech at the Climate Summit attacked the older generation for doing nothing to abate Climate, dooming the younger generation to the horrors of climate change. She made a big impact, but before it had a chance to sink in, the Trump Ukrainian scandal broke and has dominated the news ever since. As the Ukrainian scandal evolved into the impeachment hearings, Greta's climate rallies across America went unnoticed. Barely covered was Greta's need to sail back to Europe because COP 25 had to be moved to Madrid, Spain, because of the riots in Santiago.

Now, in the week before Thanksgiving, the open impeachment hearings have paused to give American families time to discuss the seriousness of the upcoming impeachment in the House and the trial in the Senate. Impeachment is important but it is hardly existential. So if you get tired of talking about Trump, maybe you can use your valuable family time to discuss Climate Change, especially since COP 25 starts right after Thanksgiving. But rather than repeating the expected horrors of climate chaos, or blaming the deniers and fossil energy companies, or promoting incremental steps in the right direction, maybe you could focus on what a real solution to Climate Change would look like.

Here is an example of a real Climate Change solution plan:

• ASME’s 2019 Advanced Clean Energy Summit - Nuclear Power’s Role in Combating Climate Change

The speaker started his research only two years ago, so his plan is still in development. You see by the size of his audience that his ideas have yet to attract the attention of the media. Yet his arguments are convincing.

You can find more information on the speaker's website https://www.energyimpactcenter.org. If you have any questions or suggestions, please summit them to this blog as a comment. If you know of a better plan that offers a complete solution to Climate Change, instead of just a partial one, please tell us. I am not aware of any other plan.