| 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. - - - - 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... - - - - 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. |