Bill Gates, “Chipping Human Vaccines,” 2 weeks ago released his book on global warming and zeroing CO2 emissions. An enchanting accelerator of technogenic progress, of course + of a planetary scale.
Super structured and top down
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He writes - got tired of reading - scattered info and decided to summarize everything. Interdisciplinary straight lit
“How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” synopsis, part 1 of 2
Big idea
We need to zero greenhouse gas emissions, decades, and then learn how to remove from the atmosphere, manage the planetary ecosystem. Requires new discoveries + worldwide distribution. I believe in humanity
Everything emits CO2: heating / condensation, mining, production, transport, construction, agricultural
This gigantic goal is important to mankind, and faster than before of a comparable scale, breakthroughs in science and engineering are needed, a public consensus is needed (there is no consensus yet), an incentive government policy is needed to push through the transition to zero CO2 emission
Why is warming bad?
The warming is definitely anthropogenic, see graphs of the XX century, the question of models is only in the rate - in 30 years or in 50 years it will be much warmer
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An interdisciplinary scientific approach is needed. Although the long-term return on R&D is the greatest, there is also a short-term return: US government investment in all areas of R&D in 2018 created directly and indirectly 1.6 million jobs, $ 126 billion in salaries and $ 39 billion in taxes.