"If the press writes about something long enough and hard enough, eventually it comes true"
They have that kind of superpower and are using it for an iPhone? What about cold fusion, hovercars, faster-than-light travel, and decent tasting frozen dinners?
Oh, and that world peace stuff, too, I guess.
but in reality 99.9999% of people would not be able to do this.
Your numbers leave ~7000 people who would do it. I'd say that's enough to attempt a colony.
But then again, these are people playing Farmville..... Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Or nuclear (which I believe is also slow-response), which has a smaller carbon footprint than gas.
Smaller carbon footprint, but much more expensive and difficult to build because of red tape. I'll just leave it there instead of rehashing the arguments that happen every time nuclear is mentioned.
Don't panic.