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by carapace 2508 days ago
We have all the technology we need: Applied ecology for food systems, "Food forest" is a search term to try...

"Greening the Desert" Geoff Lawton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W69kRsC_CgQ https://permies.com/wiki/2584/Greening-Desert-updates-Geoff-...

Converts salt desert to productive ecologically harmonious fig trees etc. in two years.

Here's a talk "Redesigning Civilization with Permaculture" by Toby Hemenway (RIP) where he talks about how we got into this mess and how we might get out.

http://tobyhemenway.com/videos/redesigning-civilization-with...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6b7zJ-hx_c

Integrated carbon-neutral fuel production: http://alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/518

And it's fun! I have no idea why people are not more keen. I think it's psychological or spiritual.

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People are talking about what to do at high levels. We might see e.g. Bangladesh unilaterally geoengineering the weather: https://spaswell.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/dr-gwynne-dyer-geo...

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Personally, I think our problems are spiritual in nature. Like avip said in a sib comment, it will take a global mobilization. In any event, the limiting factor is not technology.