The majority of climate change publicity focuses on power generation, and heating and transport fuels. We’re constantly reminded of the necessity for energy efficiency and reducing the use of fossil fuels.
I don’t have any problem with this strategy, but it’s best outcome is to preventing things getting any worse.
Whether natural process or man-made crisis, climate change is already happening and raises a range of ecological problems. By focusing too hard on carbon emissions we’re missing a vital piece of the jigsaw: how do we mitigate the effects of the changes that are already inevitable?
Clearly we’re going to have to alter the way we live and behave. To survive we’re going to have to do what humans do best: adapt, and to succeed we need to throw our intellectual net a little wider than the obsessive focus on carbon emissions.
This small series of articles is intended to look at climate change issues and potentially beneficial ideas. In the next post I’ll start with mixture of heat, water, and the application of green roofs.
