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  • The rules today

  • inscent people to create carbon

  • and this is madness

  • and whatever you inscent will happen

  • its very important

  • that we take actions today to recognize

  • that we are making a significant change

  • to the chemical constituency

  • of the atmospheres and the oceans

  • and when that is almost impossible to reverse

  • here when we look back

  • on these days in the future

  • we weren't be able to say that we did the actions

  • that were right

  • or the actions that were important

  • 20 30 40 years in the future

  • and what do you say to your kids or your grandkids

  • Scientist all say that

  • these bad things are going to happen

  • it's like 97%

  • so like say, well, to your kids or grandkids

  • like, well, did nobody tell you?

  • no everyone was telling us

  • so why didn't you do anything?

  • what's the answer?

  • I think it's very important that we do something

  • and depending on the point how

  • what actions we take

  • will drive the carbon number to

  • be in extreme or moderate levels

  • I think it pretty much is given that a 2 degree

  • sea increase will occur

  • the question is

  • whether it's going to be much more than that

  • in a plus as a percentage relative to absolute zero

  • its only a plus-minus 2 percent change

  • the sensitivity of the climate is extremely high

  • we've amplified the sensitivity by building our

  • cities right on the coastline

  • it based on the projections that we are seeing right now

  • these are like arguably the best case projections

  • we're going to see a significant rise in temperature

  • and sea level

  • if we don't take actions

  • we could see

  • anywhere from 5 to 10 percent

  • maybe more of the land mass absorb by water

  • about a third (1/3) of humanity lives right on

  • the coastline

  • or in a low line countries

  • so we'd be talking about maybe

  • 2 billion people being displaced

  • and their homes is being destroyed

  • and their countries has been gone

  • so I think we should take actions

  • the reason that the transition is delayed

  • what world has is happening slowly

  • is because there's a hidden subsidy

  • on all carbon producing activity

  • and that result is 35 gigaton of carbon per year

  • into the atmosphere

  • The best case is simply delaying that inevitable

  • transition to sustainable energy

  • there's going to be no choice than long term

  • to move to sustainable energy

  • its total logical

  • we have to have sustainable energy

  • or something could run out the other one

  • the only thing we gain

  • by slowing down the transition is

  • it is just slowing it down

  • it doesn't make it not occur but its just slows it down

  • The worst case, however, is more

  • displacement and destruction than

  • all the wars in the history combined

  • We have about 3% of scientist

  • that believe in the best case

  • about 97% that believe in the worst case

  • this is why I called it the Dumbest Experiment in History

  • The Goal is to exit the era as quickly as possible

  • but the new goal is to move to

  • a sustainable energy future

  • and we wanted to use energy sources

  • that would be good for a billion years

  • so what can you do?

  • I think whenever you have the opportunity

  • talk to the politicians

  • ask them to enact a carbon text

  • we have to fix the unpriced externality

  • or talk to your friends about it

  • and fight the propaganda from the carbon industry

  • so I think you have tremendous power

  • you have the power to make the change

  • I tell you we definitely can't

  • beat the oil and gas industries on lobbyist

  • Exelon makes more profit in a year

  • than the value of the entire solar industry

  • there's no way you can win on money

  • its impossible

  • this is not only the important issue

  • but it is I think that the thing that will have

  • the biggest negative effect on humanity

  • if we do not address it

  • unless something changes very quickly

  • the sustainable energy

  • will still be in a bad situation 5 years from now

  • if its the right thing for the future

  • our country should just do it

  • and don't worry about what other countries are doing

  • Just do the right thing

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