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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEffective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe
Almost six years ago, I was the editor of a single-topic issue on energy for Scientific American that included an article by Princeton Universitys Robert Socolow that set out a well-reasoned plan for how to keep atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations below a planet-livable threshold of 560 ppm. The issue came replete with technical solutions that ranged from a hydrogen economy to space-based solar.
If I had it to do over, Id approach the issue planning differently, my fellow editors permitting. I would scale back on the nuclear fusion and clean coal, instead devoting at least half of the available space for feature articles on psychology, sociology, economics and political science. Since doing that issue, Ive come to the conclusion that the technical details are the easy part. Its the social engineering thats the killer. Moon shots and Manhattan Projects are childs play compared to needed changes in the way we behave.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/03/17/effective-world-government-will-still-be-needed-to-stave-off-climate-catastrophe/
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Effective World Government.....We better get started soon......
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Effective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe (Original Post)
MindMover
Mar 2012
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CAPHAVOC
(1,138 posts)1. Chicken Little
Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)5. But this time Chicken Little is right. nt
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)2. I don't know what will get them moving
they have sowed so much doubt among the low info voters that I despair of anything being done in time
Trillo
(9,154 posts)3. Even has a sentence of humor!
"Would any institution be capable of instilling a permanent crisis mentality lasting decades, if not centuries?"
Trillo
(9,154 posts)4. Here's another one, not humorous at all.
"To be effective, a new set of institutions would have to be imbued with heavy-handed, transnational enforcement powers."
That one seems to be accomplished. 147 core financial institutions that control nearly everything!
A new set of inventions will come along. Always does.
randome
(34,845 posts)7. Thanks for the optimistic viewpoint.
I hope you're right.