Now, for the solutions!

1. The New Goal: Totally stop ALL Carbon emission! 2. Implement the Hydrogen Economy Plan adopted by Congressional Democrats. 3. Increase the gasoline/oil tax to the maximum value possible to support mass transportation with Hydrogen fueled busses-like the three busses AC Transit has. 4. Use the gas tax revenues to support Hydrogen made at gasoline stations to support Hydrogen cars. All auto makers have working versions but their cars will not sell unless Hydrogen fuel is available. Gasoline stations will transition from gasoline to Hydrogen, help work out the safety issues and provide the Electric Power companies an economical way to use any excess power under their control, to maximize the efficiency in power production and minimize the use of natural gas or oil. California per capita power consumption has been going down in recent years. No new large powerplants are planned. 5. Support "Rent-a-Car" stations for commuters in low-density housing areas where busses would be impractical. The MetroCenter in Lake Merritt has one with hybrid cars available right on the curb at the entrance. 6. Stop low density or remote housing developments. 7. Start building floating windmills designed by an MIT Professor for use near shores to provide electricity via cable but too far to see or hear. These windmills are designed to survive the stronges storms but can be moved to avoid one, or relocate to avoid low flying bird immigartion routes. 8. Build an unlimited number of floating windmills to make Hydrogen from pure water brought by the ship that collects the Hydrogen.

Now, for the consequences!

The first thing to note is that the poor will suffer the effects of GW first. Wealthy nations will have all the water they want while 1.5 Billion in Central Asia, Bangladesh in particular will be hit on one side by an early rush of water in the spring and declining amounts each year. The early snowmelts will increase storm damage on the shore and bring draughts later in the inland towns. The polar bears that survive will be taken to a zoo, unless food it taken to them. Northern California will get both: On the one hand the Bay Area Water level is expected to go up by about a meter while the early snowmelt will decrease the river flow in the summer by about 20 percent -by 2020. We need to start building dams real soon. Highway congestion, incredibly, has been going down since 2003 and will continue to go down due to the high price of gasoline, which will continue to go up. In earlyApril, the annoucement was made that, for the first time, gasoline consumption for a year, went down in 2006. But, the biggest boost towards a solution is that the California Primary will be in February, 2008, this guarantees that the "green" voice of California, with the largest number of electors, will dominate the political debate. All the non-believers of GW will disappear and we will, finally, stop hearing their mantra: "It is CYCLICAL" or "It has happened before" as if that explained, or solved, anything. And, after their noise dies we will begin a discussion to the next step: Stop, like in Totally Stop, the Emission of Carbon Dioxide. This time, probably end plans to remove carbon from coal, burnt coal, that is. Even Nuclear powerplants, windmills and solar power cells show a greater promise for the future. India and China are already planning to build many Nuclear Powerplants with Russian and American technology. If it is good and safe enough to sell, it should be safe enough to use.

Global Warming is HERE! ALREADY HERE!

While wondering what will be the first sign of Global Warming that would be indisputable, I happen to watch ABC NEWS and they had a segment by Palley on Global Warming, you can see it in ABCNEWS.COM. There is nothing like picture and words from an expert. Here is my humble and humbling effort to repeat what I understood of what they said: The O'Higgins Glacier in Chile is rapidly melting. No news there, we all know that there will be no glaciers in Glacier Park. But, the added dimension is that there are towns that depend on the water from the glacier to survive. Are there other cities and towns in the same predicament? Which is the worst and earliest? With the help of Google (type: Glacier Melting Fast), it didn't take long to find the earliest and worst impending disaster: The Himalayas Glaciers are melting! But, we know nobody lives way up there! Yes, but a great many live at lower altitudes and also depend on the yearly melting waters. From Tshkent to the Indian Ocean Hundreds of Millions of people will be running out of fresh water, in a few years. Will they survive even one summer without water? I have seen no dams there, anywhere. Inconvenient Questions 1. When will they cry out for help. 2. When will we hear they cries. 3. What will be our excuse for doing nothing, until it is too late. I propose we all sign up for the excuse No. 1 : "I did not know!" What do you think? Do you think it will "sell"?