| According to a paper from the Proceedings of the | | | | problem of peak oil and other significant man-made |
| National Economy of Sciences, we are producing too | | | | problems, it seems that there is little to smile about in |
| much C02. The C02 has a literal "bath tub" effect on | | | | the coming fifteen or so years. |
| the globe, as it continues to fill and the "drainage" is | | | | Job for the Governments: |
| not working fast enough. To add to this problem is | | | | Scientists and climatologists have been literally |
| the fact that the environment is experiencing warmth | | | | "bugging" national governments to take care of the |
| amplification from other greenhouse gases. | | | | climate and the environment. Now that climate |
| Slew of problems: | | | | change cannot possibly be a good thing in relation to |
| On the global scale, climate change and its | | | | food production in sensitive regions of the world, |
| vicissitudes, including amplified warming would have | | | | science is waiting for human intervention to happen. |
| profound effects on the lives of people everywhere. | | | | The current treaties, such as the Kyoto Protocol are |
| These are all interrelated, and even the ozone hole is | | | | not really helping that much due to the sheer number |
| not improving. | | | | of people dependent on technologies that produce |
| C02 emissions from the use of oil products and fossil | | | | carbon dioxide emissions. The problem is widespread |
| fuels have increased the C02 saturation in the | | | | but not incurable. |
| atmosphere, to the point that the natural "sinks" | | | | However, there is a misconception that if people |
| where the C02 can drain are clogging up. Plants and | | | | lower emissions, the warming will stop. This is not the |
| other natural "sinks" cannot absorb or transform the | | | | case, since the warming has evolved through |
| C02 fast enough. | | | | hundreds of years the Earth will need more time to |
| The effect? | | | | stabilize itself. However, not doing something now |
| Amplified warming in most of the areas of the world | | | | can speed up the processes. A long term solution is |
| that have been used to the cold. Northern Europe is | | | | required to control the millions of tons of carbon |
| not excluded from this bleak picture. With the | | | | dioxide emissions thrown to the air on a yearly basis. |