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DOWN TO EARTH SOLUTION TO GLOBAL
WARMING
PUT THE CARBON BACK IN THE GROUND WHERE IT
WILL DO THE MOST GOOD
GEOTHERAPY: HOW TO REVERSE GLOBAL WARMING
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESTORATION TO STABILIZE CO2 AT SAFE LEVELS IN TIME
TO AVOID SEVERE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS TO EARTH’S LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEMSTom Goreau
Global Coral Reef Alliance
TO PREVENT RUNAWAY GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
• CO2 MUST BE REDUCED TO SAFE LEVELS
• GEOENGINEERING IS UNPROVEN, EXPENSIVE, TEMPORARY, AND HAS MANY DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES
• CO2 REMOVAL IS BEST DONE BY INCREASING NATURAL CARBON SINKS
• WHERE CAN WE PUT IT? SOILS
• WHAT IS THE SAFE CO2 LEVEL? 260 PPM
• HOW FAST CAN IT BE DONE? DECADES
GEOTHERAPY• RESTORATION OF OUR PLANET’S NATURAL LIFE
SUPPORT SYSTEMS
• ACCURATE SCIENTIFIC DIAGNOSIS OF GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROBLEMS TO PRESCRIBE COURSE OF CORRECTIVE ACTION TO RESTORE HEALTH
• DEVELOPED 1990 BY THE LATE RICHARD GRANTHAM
GREEN CARBON TAX THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM
• CHARGE EACH POLLUTER THE REAL COST OF CARBON STORAGE IN VEGETATION AND SOIL PAID DIRECTLY TO THOSE WHO STORE IT (GOREAU, 1987; MYERS & GOREAU, 1991)
• LOW COST, HIGH BENEFITS
FALSE ECONOMICS:BOGUS PRICES
• EUROPEAN CARBON MARKET FAILED BECAUSE THEY GAVE AWAY MORE FREE CO2 PERMITS TO BIG POLLUTERS THAN THEY COULD PRODUCE, CAUSING THE VALUE TO COLLAPSE, AND MAKING POLLUTION VIRTUALLY FREE
• US AND MOST MAJOR POLLUTERS HAVE NO CARBON MARKET AT ALL
ECONOMIST’S AND POLITICIAN’S CARBON TAXES
• INCREASE PRICES TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION, REQUIRES VERY HIGH TAXES BECAUSE ENERGY USE IS NOT ELASTIC, IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE & INFLATIONARY
• GIVES MONEY TO POLITICIANS AND CONSUMERS TO WASTE WITHOUT SOLVING THE CO2 PROBLEM!
“YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE. WHEN YOU RUN TO THE ROCK,
THE ROCK WILL BE MELTING.
WHEN YOU RUN TO THE SEA,
THE SEA WILL BE BOILING.
WHERE YOU GOING TO RUN TO?”
DOWNPRESSOR MAN
by
Peter Tosh
Jamaica’s greatest songwriter
LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
THE ONLY WAY THAT CO2 CAN BE REDUCED IN TIME TO AVERT EXTINCTION OF CORAL REEFS
LOSS OF COASTS AND ISLANDS, & WORSE
GREATLY ENHANCE FORESTS, AGRICULTURE, GRASSLANDS, AND RESTORE DEGRADED
AREAS WHILE STORING CARBON AND PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE CARBON-NEGATIVE
ENERGY
WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT!PUT THE CARBON BACK IN THE GROUND
WHERE IT CAME FROM
GROW OUR WAY OUT OF GLOBAL WARMING
PUT IT BACK IN SOIL WHERE IT WILL DO THE MOST GOOD THE FASTEST POSSIBLE
JOIN THE UNDERGROUND GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT!