Every year there is an increase in the effects of global warming. Such a steep warming rate was not expected to occur until well into the 21st century, said Tom Karl, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climatologist who led the study. Caffrey explains how the ice caps in western Antarctica are declining due to the effects of climate warming. At that time, sea level was the same as it is now, CO2 levels were similar, and global climate was just a little colder. Caffrey points out that the week before the November 1998 global warming treaty negotiations in Buenos Aires, Nature magazine published a call by scientists from several Western nations to begin a crash program to develop clean energy that would rival the Manhattan Project and the Apollo mission to the moon.
Clean energy is needed for the survival of the habitat for humanity.
The funding for this crash program can be raised by taxing the energy companies 100 percent on their income derived from polluting the earth and by taking the billions spent each year on military spending.