Since global warming is on holiday, climate change never has been and GHG’s apparently don’t warm above their real world heat capacity which hasn’t influenced temps much so what’s the concern?

Forget your schemes to make yourselves seem so important and encourage real investigation into the actual climate changes that will continue. In order for humans to continue and explore we must be able to read and adapt to real climate changes as best we can.

This will call for robust entrepreneurship and a very healthy economy which can be fueled by nuclear energy, etc. I like the modulars. These afford great decentralization and independence.

Getting off-planet will require tremendous effort, not rationing of energy but a massive flourish of innovation. Off-planetism is necessary for survival and the pursuit of experience. Humans (and all life on Earth) can be eliminated at any moment let alone longer term sun burnout, earth heat death, etc. so there lies the necessity for the mindset of expansion.

Cultures bordering on anarchy will probably be best suited to providing the greatest impetus, so forget too much order. The adventurers will continue to pave the way for the others.

How much would all the CO2 reduction reduce T in a hundred years? Less than a degree C, if it rises at all. Get out a little – put on a nice jacket.

Moreover, we don’t have to enact a steep carbon tax today to make this work. If we sign a cap-and-trade system into law today — one that goes into effect in, say, 2013 — we’ll get the same momentum right now: entrepreneurs would start tinkering today in expectation of the higher carbon prices a few years down the line. Policy certainty down the line will prompt businesses to make smarter investment decisions now.

That may well be one way to untie the Gordian Knot. It plays well with the politics of the decision and it’s what businesses increasingly demand themselves.

Best,
Gernot