Numbers

June 29, 2023 BackgroundAccording to the 2017 U.S. Climate Science Special Report if yearly emissions continue to increase rapidly, as they have since 2000, models project that by the end of this century global temperature will be at least 5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 1901-1960 average, and possibly as … Continue reading

Accelerating Melting of Himalayan Glaciers

December 20, 2021 A study published today in the journal Scientific Reports, a peer-reviewed publication, revealed that ice in the Himalayan glaciers is melting at a rate 10 times higher than the average rate over past centuries, far more rapidly than glaciers in the rest of the world. All told, … Continue reading

A California Template

January 22, 2017 Quotation ‘We have nearly 100 years’ worth of natural gas and more than 250 years’ worth of clean, beautiful coal.’ President Donald Trump The Situation California, long the nation’s trendsetter, is a land of extremes. It has the highest summit and the lowest natural depression in the … Continue reading

Trillion-Dollar Infrastructure Bill

BackgroundThe Senate recently approved a bipartisan 1-trillion infrastructure bill that earmarked 8.3 billion for water projects in the drought-stricken West. Assuming the House concurs and the President signs it into law, the bill will appropriate 1.15 billion for improving water storage, transport infrastructure and projects to replenish aquifers, 1 billion … Continue reading

Plan A: The Andes

The Andes extend 7,000 kilometers (4,349 miles), from Venezuela to Chile. Nowhere else on Earth is there another mountain range adjacent to the ocean and of this length and height. The ocean’s close proximity to the Andes means solar powered plants could be built on or close to the shore … Continue reading

Plan A: Mexico

Mexico While the U.S. meets all the requirements to build a vast aquafacture-based economic infrastructure, Mexico also has comparable but less capital-demanding features with which to implement Plan A. The Gulf of California –wholly Mexican- eliminates the need to dig a canal, and its two sparsely populated coastlines have abundant sunlight the … Continue reading

China’s Water Problem

On February 17, 2012, an article in the Shanghai Daily reported that 40 percent of China’s rivers are seriously polluted, two thirds of Chinese cities are “water needy,” 300 million people in rural areas lack access to drinking water, and 20 percent of rivers are too toxic to even touch. In response, … Continue reading

Plan A Diagram

Rationale As the consequences to the environment of anthropomorphic climate change continue to worsen, it behooves us all to do what we can to mitigate their effect. The solution is well known: cease and desist using nuclear fission and fossil fuels to generate electricity and run motor vehicles. One obvious … Continue reading

Financing Plan A

Figure 2 describes one way (alternatives exist) to finance new construction of an infrastructure (Figure 1) intended for persons with a projected minimum 30-year labor participation life. It assumes a political consensus has been reached that: 1. New infrastructure is needed to rejuvenate the ability of the United States to … Continue reading

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