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CCCVIII Global Warming and Climate Change} Talking about how to convince people that 3 billion years of carbon sequestration is what matters!

     It took mankind quite a long time to come to the conclusion that if we do not want to deal with more and more extreme weather, rising sea levels, and everything that comes with Climate Change, then something has to be done about "it"! Yes, there are many people who still think that what the planet is going through, is nothing but, normal climate variations, but if this was only that, then we would already be 2,500 years into yet another ice age! I am fairly certain that most people would agree, that is not the case. This alone is convincing proof that mankind can and does affect the planet's atmosphere! Long before mankind started using fossil fuels, The simple act of mankind changing from a nomadic way of life and following a changing place for food sources, to an agricultural and much more consistent and sustainable food supply.       This act caused a quicker carbon turn-around cycle, instead of tree growth that could lock carbon away from the ...

CCCVII Global Warming and Climate Change} Why are we so reticent, when it comes to pushing forward with new ideas and plans?

I have never been one that cared very much about money. As long as I paid my bills, could help people with their own homes by building nice homes very cheap, by doing everything, drawn the plans, get the permits, put in the footers, and foundations, frame it, side and roof it, run the plumbing, and electrical, install the heating and air condition, hang the drywall, (yes I would have others tape and texture and paint it) then put in the flooring, doors, and windows, pour the driveway, plant the grass or sod, and install the mailbox! In doing so I would sometimes need to be the owner/builder, other times there was no need for permits when I was younger, and many places did not require them! Working this way I did not have to interact with many people, inspectors would come in a few times every month and when something was being built by owner, they would require more. That never turned into a problem as everything that I did was just a little better than what was required. A few times I...

CCCVI Global Warming and Climate Change} How do we deal with mistruths, lies, and one-sided opinions, that is truly a hard question and also easy!

When dealing with an older individual, there is no way to consistently help people understand, this is especially true in regards to race relations and religion. But with the young the opposite is true, give the young a solid background in many of the religions of the planet, and they will surprise you on how quickly they can understand how in step, each basic tenet of all the significant ideas, are very much the same. Then explain how all of the races on the planet are really a mixture of early man that was then delineated into more defined characteristics based on how each population and their environment were interwoven with surrounding circumstances. Then the big one "SEX" it is amazing how few young people understand even at puberty what their body is going through, and why. This knowledge is only discovered over a length of time that can have profound and life-altering consequences, leading to many false ideas and beliefs! A uniformity of education over many of the basi...

CCCV Global Warming and Climate Change } Let's talk about knowingly allowing lies to be spread, be it on the internet, newsprint, or some other way.

       Right now, on the internet, many sites may either put a disclaimer on a tweet or a post, when facts are being played with, but those that already believe mistruths, are still able to see the comments, a disclaimer at the bottom will only strengthen their conviction that they are being lied to! While many other sites have administrators that will not allow comments that differ from their opinions. Many times my own submissions on these sites will not be allowed! There is such a fine line between "free speech" and spreading lies or misinformation for personal or professional gain! If you then throw religious beliefs into the mix, how do we go forth? I do not believe that China has the answer, with their way of stopping such disinformation from being spread, or knowledge to be withheld. In Germany, anything to do with Nazi idealism is forbidden, and yet, it is not unusual to see it in many places, and even hidden in high places of the government, so that does not...

CCCIV Global Warming and Climate Change } Debate teams and lawyers have much in common, they can argue either side of a subject!

Truth does not matter, and really can be such a bother, or simply something to overcome or sidestep! What matters is how much can be made, almost always in terms of money, but it can also be power, fame, or prestige! When we are taught that truth is no longer important to a subject, what is left? Many times we now use mass media as a weapon, remember the Olympic games in 1996 in Atlanta Georgia, and Richard Jewell. He found a backpack with a bomb in it, should have been made a hero but for the next 3 months was considered the prime suspect. Why would anyone let such an unsubstantiated claim get to the media, and then why would the "media" run with the story, a man's life was ruin because people took the easy way, this happens all of the time, black lives matter movement is all about people taking the easy solution in dealing with unknown situations knowing that any mistakes will be backed by higher-ups, as a sad regrettable outcome, but it really was not anyone's faul...

CCCIII Global Warming and Climate Change} Benjamin Franklin always detested rule by committee and yet knew of no better way!

He saw first-hand how a single person's decisions could and did play out as the Monarchies of Europe did in his time! But rule by committee, has not improved the situation much, yet what other options are out there? Many would say that, how much of business is done, as one owner and a cabinet of advisors can be a good fit! But not everything is always about making a profit, where would that leave the old, disabled, mentally challenged, even conflicts about other countries? There are reasons against monopolies, and what better example would such a government provide. But how can any large project such as the "plan" get approval if 200+ different country's need to agree? Perhaps the easiest part of the "plan" to be approved would be staging more ice on Antarctica, but also the hardest one to do for no cost! A great ad campaign, showing off all the good that will be done and how much income each country could receive, once the production of food and goods would...

CCCII Global Warming and Climate Change} I have been talking mainly about the sequestration of carbon!

As being the leading factor for the lack of abundant plant on the planet, but many things that plant life needs, have also been slowly being removed from what a full and abundant plant life on the planet requires. This is where looking at the distant past (much more distant than a few million years ago) can lead us in the right direction, on how macro and micronutrient needs have changed along with the availability of those nutrients. Working in conjunction with almost every type of scientist that deals with both the distant past and the present needs of life on the planet will be the only way forward. There has been much speculation about how the lack of "free iron" in many parts of the oceans of the planet, has restricted the oceans life from the uptake of carbon dioxide, which many believe would help in reducing some if not all of the man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere! However, there were several trials of seeding parts of the oceans with iron which were produced e...