Could we stop or reverse global warming without substantially reducing our standard of living

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33. Of course we can

The technology exists. It's just that the status quo is run and influenced by the carbon industry.

Clean energy is not only clean, it's efficient and "saves" money. Yes, it save's money.

We have a solar powered house with a 5.8 kW array which produces, on average, 70 percent of our electricity. The rest of our electricity comes from wind which we signed up for through our utility.

My wife drives a Prius and I drive an electric Ford Escort. Our carbon fuel bills are way, way down and there has been no change in our lifestyle. If we need to go on a long trip, we use the Prius which has a best MPG of 64. I also have an electric GE garden tractor. My tractor and electric car can be charged during the day when the solar panels are pumping out the electrons. No CO2 is burned to charge the car so no coal burning plants are needed to charge it.

I can't even venture to guess how many tons, yes tons, of CO2 our lifestyle has prevented from getting into the atmosphere. If you multiply our efforts by the millions worldwide you wouldn't need to build more coal burning plants which account for most of the pollution and CO2.

Of course, jets need carbon based fuel but I've been to transportation workshops where there are efforts to make jet fuel more efficient and with less emissions.

It's all about efficiency.