The reason is, of course, that the industrialized world is now dependent upon fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. Their combustion releases carbon dioxide into the air, trapping heat that normally would radiate away into space. And it may triple or quadruple before fossil fuels are exhausted. Fahrenheit in the northern hemisphere. While this may seem like a small difference, a new report, prepared by the nonprofit Climate Solutions, in Olympia, says its effects will be anything but small, even in the cool and rainy Northwest.
Carbon sequestration is one proposal for dealing with global warming issues.
In response, Climate Solutions calls for nothing less than a second industrial revolution, based on renewable energy. It's not just pie in the sky. The Northwest, in particular, boasts one of the world's greatest concentrations of companies on the cutting edge of renewable-energy development. Climate Solutions urges supporting them as models for the rest of the world to emulate and to buy from. If we acknowledge that we have a global warming problem, solutions are huge.