@RedCedar,
I’m going to assume that your proposed solutions were intended to be either humorous, tongue-in-cheek or sarcastic (because I sure as heck hope - for the sake of your credibility - that none of them are intended to be take seriously(!)
Some brief comments I have on each of your ...uh... proposals follows below.
“a. Given many UN members are corruptible it would be relatively cheap to offer every member10 million dollars to pass a 100% resolution so that for 10 years every nation will forsake their defense budget and allocate the money to a research and development program to fast tack a large scale CO2 capture scheme. Maybe a fund of 10 trillion would do the trick.
The mantra could be the world is at war against climate change so we are together this time!”In other words, all nations to effectively forego their sovereignty via a mechanism of bribing the representatives of those companies at the UN.
verily, Off-the-Scale Orwellian!
“b.
If option a falls flat then the next possible hypothetical is for investors around the world be offered shares in an infrastructure fund to fast track projects such as nuclear fusion that is currently expected to be available by 2050 but to get it up a decade earlier and use the energy to again capture CO2. Shareholders will get a dividend etc if successful.”What stops such a fund being established today?
Or are you suggesting that investment in such a fund be made compulsory (which is then not really an investment; rather, it is nothing other than a tax).
“c.
If options a and b fail then we could have the CIA approach where they operate covertly as they do in South America and start a monster firestorm that burns a vast area of the Amazon during the dry season.”This one convinced me that you are taking the Mickey. (At least, I sure as heck hope you are, otherwise you are certifiably deluded.)
So then, assuming you were joking with your proposed solutions (and, as I said, I hope you were, otherwise...), is it possible to elevate the discussion to a level of seriousness which it warrants, and hear from you about some real, practical solutions to stopping the exponential rise in carbon emissions which is currently underway?
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