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How much CO2 reduction, how much does it cost, and what’s it worth? A Detailed Primer

By abrupt change, Abrupt changes, atmopsheric removal, Carbon Engineering, climate, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, CO2 reduction, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, Global Thermostat, global warming, Healthy Climate, Negative emissions, reversal, sequestration, Strategy
Joule, Corrected proof. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2018.05.006 We have been moving towards the answers to these questions forever it seems, so here goes: Immediately below is my summary. Further down are thoughts on…
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Already On Track to Meet Paris?

By Climate Reform, climate solutions, CO2 emissions, economics, Emissions, emissions goals, Emissions Reductions, energy generation, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, Paris, Paris Climate Commitments, solar, Solutions, wind, wind energy
Naam, Smaller, cheaper, faster: Does Moore’s law apply to solar cells?, Scientific American, March 16, 2011. Click for link. Paris commitments are generally about 80 percent emissions reductions by 2050…
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A Healthy Climate: Isn’t This the Goal?

By Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, communications, Emissions Reductions, Emissions Scenarios, global warming, Healthy Climate, Legacy Policy, Messaging, Negative emissions, Policy, politics, Psycho, Solutions, Strategy
Most of us think a healthy climate will result from emissions reductions. Time and again however, the science says this is not so. The reason? Emissions reduction strategies are about…
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CO2 Capture – We have The Technology

By atmospheric CO2 capture, carbon dioxide capture, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate reversal, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, DAC, direct air capture, Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, Healthy Climate, Legacy Policy, Negative emissions, Policy, politics, sequestration, Solutions, strategies, Strategy
The full-scale prototype above is Global Thermostat’s Menlo Park, CA, atmospheric CO2 capture technology. It’s not mention in the Nature Outlook article, but preliminary numbers show it can remove 1…
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Thirty Years of Warnings: Union of Concerned Scientists 1988

By 1988, 30 years, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, communications, delay, fossil fuels, legacy climate policy, Legacy Policy, Messaging, Policy, Solutions, Strategy, summary, Union of Concerned Scientists
Thirty Years of Warnings: Union of Concerned Scientists 1988 Thirty years of warnings and very little has changed. Except for a few numbers, this letter from the Union of Concerned…
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The Moral Imperative Dilemma

By alternatives, BECCS, carbon dioxide removal, CDR, Climate Reform, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, DAC, direct air capture, geoengineering, Global Warming psychology, Legacy Policy, Messaging, moral imperative, Negative emissions, Policy, Psycho, REDD, Solutions, Strategy, Uncategorized
The “moral imperative dilemma” is that thing where we feel it is our duty to create a fossil fuel extinction in order address climate change. This is something our climate…
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New Climate Culture

By Abrupt changes, alternatives, Climate Culture, Climate Policy, Climate Reform, climate solultions, climate solutions, communications, Emissions, Emissions Scenarios, Global Warming psychology, Legacy Policy, Messaging, Negative emissions, Policy, politics, Psycho, Scenarios, Solutions, Strategy, What we can do
In 2015, new energy generation construction from wind and solar accounted for 70 percent of the total globally. Natural gas was 27 percent and coal was relegated to the 3%…
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