Monday, 26 March 2012

Economic warm spots for the 21st century


Economic warm spots for the 21st century

Living on this planet you might think that the 21st century will have profound impact upon the global climate in all senses. Essentially you would be right on the ball. Not only has the geopolitical spectrum been confronted and expanded, it has also been contracted and compounded. Economically the carbon neutral and green industries have been finding a foothold amongst the corporate giants, but nowhere near the vision that previous global visionaries had hoped for. Unfortunately it is still the oil rich and financially manipulative who control the mass of the worlds resources and are working around the clock to secure more than their fair share.

Unfortunately it is the Chicago Economics and Fiat Currency which are basic blocks to start the change that is needed for a carbon neutral and ethical global environmental strategy, economics is part of the puzzle as are scientific endeavour, business procurement methods and the construction of cities many varying infrastructures, and their legal, financial and social devices. The basic building of knowledge and wisdom inherited from the Chinese, Greek and Indian philosophers, have given us a sound stage on which to build upon. It is up to us to work on the good and working principles that can help further a balanced and integrated approach to development.

The entrepreneurial and often brutal western strategies have caused many problems, and have now spread to the rest of the world, bringing destruction and poisoning methodologies in the place of where there was much hope. It is not the way of the explorer to take more than an ecosystem can handle or push it past its tipping point, but it is the way of the corporate or the financial speculator to constantly gamble on the inability of a system to recover. Hence it has become the accepted way to do business, to wait in line for the down trodden and those fallen from the apple cart to come begging for loans and redevelopment from those who were more often than not involved with the problems being caused in the first place.

As the carbon being released into the atmosphere is reaching peak levels compared to any other time in history it is essential that we are able to slow if not halt the continual amount of denial and obstruction for practical solutions. The developing world has its excuses, and has been growing faster than ever anticipated, with the aid of western technology, much of which is not implemented ethically or sustainably. Hence it is fundamentally the responsibility of the entire world now to take charge of it's effects on the systems we live in and develop a trajectory for solving the problems we now face with climate change and possible tipping points which are being reached. The ice caps and glaciers of the world can only absorb so much thermal energy before the entire systems are put into constant decline, and it is our job to pronounce the carbon criminals who are pushing the worlds future into a far too warm ascent.


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