Study of a Possible Global Environmental Forecast and Roadmap Based on 420 kY of Paleoclimatology | Chapter 10 | Modern Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 5

Worldwide annual carbon dioxide emissions have quadrupled (4x) since 1950, and global energy demand has quintupled (5x), all in the same time period, as the world's population has tripled (3x) since 1950, with another 50% increase anticipated by 2100. The abrupt acceleration in all three sectors is too stressful on the ecosystem, and the harmful impacts will be felt globally for generations unless drastic action is taken. More crucially, the energy demand is outstripping the other two by a factor of five. As fossil-fueled generators proliferate over the world and contemporary amenities become more and more popular, this plainly means that the emerging middle class demands almost twice as much as their typical share. However, such a 5x increase in energy demand is an artificial human need, according to RMI.org, which predicts that by 2050, four to five billion more window-mounted air conditioners will be installed, contributing even more to global warming caused by rising atmospheric carbon. Paleoclimatology over the past 420,000 years has been studied. It is demonstrable that lowering the concentration of this single most abundant heat-trapping gas by geoengineering to pre-industrial levels of less than 300 ppm can give humanity collective control over the world's rapidly rising average global temperature and, once again, a temperate climate to live in.

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Thomas F. Valone
Integrity Research Institute Beltsville, MD, USA.

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