Comment Going in the right direction (Score 1) 137
Although I think we are going in the right direction we also need to look at cleaning the air too.
There are several ways of doing this:
1. Government funds projects that scrub the air in small and medium size projects:
This option would be more inspirational then anything else, but even the smallest amount of help still helps. But rich people or more to the point money managers will never want to pay for it, even if they are the main people that benefits from of making pollution, and getting rid of it too.
2. Replanting forests: This is by far one of the main big projects with big results that we can do. We can also start this by making logging companies replant trees from harvest within 30 to 60 days of harvesting them. In northern California I have seen square miles of land where forests have been harvested for years and not replanted. That helps no one, and makes a quick buck without thought for where they are going to find trees to harvest 10 years form now. Also NGO planting trees is always good move.
3. Finding a cost effective way of removing CO2 from the air and repackaging the byproducts for sale at a profit. This would be for now the best option by far since it pays for itself and its growth. Though Government will probably have to fund the research to get the ball rolling.
Thankfully we have some crazy out of the box thinking from people like Elon musk that is looking to make rocket fuel out of CO2. And not all of it will be burned in Earths atmosphere and would create a net negative carbine foot print in theory.
Just my thoughts on the matter