If excess CO2 is the problem, maybe reducing the burning of agricultural wastes in third world countries could go a long way. Here is a website "Fire Mapper" that tracks such activities using the AQUA satellite. It takes little to show where the fires are, and who is burning the Amazon Jungle ...
An investment of $10 trillion in renewable energy and other carbon-abatement technology will be necessary over the next two decades to limit the rise in the Earth's temperature, the International Energy Agency warns in a new report.The IEA, energy adviser to the world's richest nations, urges more-aggressive reductions in carbon emissions than what many nations are currently planning. In the report, to be released Tuesday, the IEA calls for investment -- in clean-energy initiatives such as solar power, new nuclear plants and other measures -- of $500 billion a year over the next 20 years.
That is 37% more investment than what the IEA estimated was necessary just a year ago. Some analysts put the current level of investment in clean energy at around $100 billion a year.
The UN obviously thinks you are stupid, led by the stupid oafs in congress.
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