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Water Shortages: A Problem We Can and Must Solve Now

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 5 Sep 23

In 1964, US President Lyndon B. Johnson made a historic request: he wanted a large-scale, nuclear-powered desalination programme to address the growing need for potable water in the American Southwest.… View Post The post Water Shortages: A Problem We Can and Must Solve Now appeared first on Areo.

In 1964, US President Lyndon B. Johnson made a historic request: he wanted a large-scale, nuclear-powered desalination programme to address the growing need for potable water in the American Southwest.… View Post The post Water Shortages: A Problem We Can and Must Solve Now appeared first on Areo.

In Defence of a High-Energy Future

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 21 Feb 23

In response to global warming, countries all over the world have been devising plans for a transition to clean energy sources. But how much of this clean energy will we… View Post The post In Defence of a High-Energy Future appeared first on Areo.

In response to global warming, countries all over the world have been devising plans for a transition to clean energy sources. But how much of this clean energy will we… View Post The post In Defence of a High-Energy Future appeared first on Areo.

Two ways to save humanity

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Feb 18

Mann titled his talk “The Edge of the Petri Dish.” He explained, “If you drop a couple protozoa in a Petri dish filled with nutrient goo, they will multiply until they run out of resources or drown in their own wastes.” Humans in the world Petri dish appear to be similarly doomed, judging by our exponential increases in population, energy use, water use, income, and greenhouse gases.How to save humanity? Opposing grand approaches emerged from two remarkable scientists in the mid-20th century who fought each other their entire lives. Their solutions were so persuasive that their impassioned argument continues 70

Mann titled his talk “The Edge of the Petri Dish.” He explained, “If you drop a couple protozoa in a Petri dish filled with nutrient goo, they will multiply until they run out of resources or drown in their own wastes.” Humans in the world Petri dish appear to be similarly doomed, judging by our exponential increases in population, energy

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