Posted by Eric Safranek in AvanVive Eco
26 September 2019 (edited)

“Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way”

The Urgency is clear, the Momentum is growing, and the Solutions are available to us Right Now!

The Climate Crisis Is the Battle of Our Time, and We Can Win – by: Al Gore

“More damage and losses are inevitable, no matter what we do, because carbon dioxide remains for so long in the atmosphere. So we will have to do our best to adapt to unwelcome changes. But we still retain the ability to avoid truly catastrophic, civilization-ending consequences if we act quickly.”

“We have the technology we need…Today… solar and wind provide the cheapest sources of new electricity in two-thirds of the world. Within five more years, these sources are expected to provide the cheapest new electricity in the entire world. And in 10 years, solar and wind electricity will be cheaper nearly everywhere than the electricity that existing fossil fuel plants will be able to provide.”

“And so far, the best available technology for pulling carbon dioxide from the air is something called a tree. That’s why many nations are starting ambitious tree planting efforts… Scientists calculate that we have enough available land worldwide to plant between one trillion and one and a half trillion trees.”

“All of these efforts together will not be enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently without significant policy changes. And right now, we don’t have the right policies because the wrong policymakers are in charge. We need to end the mammoth taxpayer-funded subsidies that encourage the continued burning of fossil fuels. We need to place a direct or indirect price on carbon pollution to encourage the use of cheaper, sustainable alternatives that are already out there.”

“Lead, follow, or get out of the way.”