Comment Please pray with me. (Score 1) 165
The Earth will be fine... it's the flora and fauna with which we might choose to treat with more respect. Included with the fauna is man.
Ultimately, it doesn't matter what anyone says about global warming, all we've got to work with is the various solutions that reduce our footprint on the planet. Of those, we have various forms of generating power (and storing it) that result in no or substantially less off-gassing of CO2. We get to choose them or die. It's just that simple.
My favorite solution is photovoltaic and passive solar power. PV has been around for 50 years, and is quickly becoming cost-effective. It can quickly replace fossil fuels should we choose to get serious about it.
PV is capable of being used as a catalyst to separate water allowing the energy of the sun to be stored as hydrogen. Although storage is an issue, there are a number of solutions. They don't need as much to be researched and developed as much as simply chosen and implemented by you, the public.
Wind is a viable player, water (of course), among a variety of other smaller players such as geothermal, wave, tidal and nuclear. Not any one of these could save our species, currently teetering on the brink of extinction, embracing them all probably would, however. Additionally, we must capture and store CO2. These are technologies for solving the problem. The method to do so involves education and prayer. I'm praying that we have time to provide a home for the children. Please pray with me. This is not a subject that we should bicker and argue about.
I suggest that we embrace all of them, but place particular emphasis on solar power. Solar is the most viable technology because it is produced centrally, and deployed anywhere. It is much less geographically sensitive, and is a viable source of energy for the vast majority of the users of power. This issue is not being argued, but is is being proven (regardless of what certain naysayers here on this board have spouted with such wild abandon).
My company (http://iTitanium.com/) has found a new source of silica. When our process of this new mineral is proven to have a low enough boron and phosphorus content, we may be able to substantially reduce the cost of producing solar grade silicon. Anyone aware of the industry would know that the high cost of solar grade silicon is the only reason you don't have a solar PV array on your roof right now.
I have the vision, and I've shared it with a number of people who want more than just impressive returns on their investment but also a good feeling about doing what they can to return the planet to a condition that supports human life (not to mention millions of other species).
Thank you for saving the planet with me.
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