We at Breezeknowsbest are convinced by the weight of scientific evidence in favour of Climate Change. The science behind it is irrefutable (for further reading we recommend some books see at the bottom for details) . The temperature is rising and it is rising due to increased carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the air.
But the real problem as we see it is not so much climate change but overuse of resources. The population of the planet is growing and the predicted peak won ‘t happen until at least the middle of this century or later. The worlds resources are not, unfortunately, growing at the same rate. In fact it is very possibly we will have reached peak oil and peaks in a whole host of other resources well before then.
If the worlds population want lifestyles similar to ours in the west then there will be massive strain on an already strained world.
Which is why, we at breeze believe that sustainability is the key our collective future. If we can build the systems and construct our lives so that we only extract or use resources in ways in which enable us to replace them as they are taken then so much better for the world. The race for green economies and renewable technologies should be seen as separate to the debate over climate change. Even if, which is highly doubtful, climate change is natural and the earth will cool in a few years time it is prudent and wise to research new ways of living. New ways which enable the worlds population to enjoy all of the successes and luxuries which mankind has invented in the last few hundred years.
For further reading BKB recommends these reads:
Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action by David Spratt and Philip Sutton
This book will scare the pants out of you. It leaves you with no uncertainty about the need for action. The evidence and information id collected from climatologists papers of the last few years and gives a very worrying picture if nothing is done.
Fixing Climate: The story of climate science – and how to stop global warming by Robert Kunzig and Wallace S. Broecker
This book charts the short (geologically speaking) history of climate science. Beginning in the 19th century it shows how our knowledge about our environment has improved. It isn’t as scientific as the other book but it spells out the case clearly non the less. It also ends on a much more hopeful note, in that, carbon scrubbers have already been built and tested. They can scrub carbon from the air and potentially give us total control over how much carbon we have in the atmospere. which is nice.
