Shifts in the ice flow can also cause blockages in fjords and other waterways, resulting in the buildup and then sudden release of millions of gallons of freshwater into the Atlantic. We cannot avoid trouble by simply cutting down on our current contribution to the Greenhouse warming trend. Possible global cooling prevention strategies include opening channels through fjord ice dams, seeding clouds to deliver rain away from North Atlantic areas of sinking water, regulating the Mediterranean Sea's salty outflow, and digging a wide sea level Panama Canal. A top advisor to President Clinton on global warming, New York-based Trigen Energy CEO and President Tom Casten outlined his outlook on defeating the Greenhouse gas problem through improved energy efficiency. There is market failure across the world.
Power generation is drastically inefficient.
Casten pointed to government protection of utility monopolies as causing disincentives to improved energy use and production. We've protected our companies from competitiveness, and you get what you reward. If you don't reward the energy industry, you won't get efficiency. Casten stated that new energy regulations should emphasize input versus performance standards in efficiency and pollution. Government efforts also have to target phasing-out and cleaning up decades old powerplants.