http://money.cnn.com/news/economy/davos/?sr=cnnmoneybin012016davoslandingpage930special
I WILL SPELL IT OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CROWD MOVERS & SHAKERS
GOOD START EVEN IF LATE…
1. CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE, NOW FOR THE ACTION TO THE REACTION
NOW FOR THE BAD NEWS…
THE COMBUSTION ENGINE HAS BECOME AN ADDICTION !
2. THE REAL PROBLEM IS TRANSPORTATION – YES… THE CAR, THE TRUCK, THE MOTORCYCLE, THE AIRPLANE, THE BOATS…. YADDA YADDA YADDA.
THE NUMBER 1 ENEMY OF THE PLANET THAT RELIES ON FOSSIL FUELS AND HAS HAD LITTLE HEADWAY IN A LITTLE OVER 100 YEARS IS THE COMBUSTION ENGINE.
FROM REDUCTIONS IN WEIGHT, REDESIGNS OF ENGINES, AERODYNAMICS EFFICIENCY, COMPOSITE MATERIAL INTRODUCTIONS AND EVEN CAR SHARING POOL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION… ALL SUBJECT TO THE SAME LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS.
THAT IS… IT TAKES NRGY TO MOVE SOMETHING FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
WHILE EVERYONE IS CONGRATULATING THEMSELVES ON WHAT A FINE JOB WE’VE DONE AND COME A LONG WAY… MORE CARS AND VEHICLES ARE SELLING ON THE PLANET THAN EVER BEFORE IN ALL OF OUR SHORT HISTORY OF CAR MANUFACTURING.
THE CHALLENGE IN HAND IS SIMPLE. REDUCE AND ELIMINATE THE COMBUSTION ENGINE WHEREVER PRACTICAL. IT WILL CHANGE THE OIL BUSINESS AND IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE MOVE THEMSELVES AND THE THINGS THEY NEED MOST.
LOCAL FIRST, GLOBAL SECOND AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN.
GO HYBRID WITH SMALL ENGINES, ELECTRIC WITH LONGER RANGES, AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS LIKE HYDROGEN THAT RECAPTURES THE EMISSIONS SO AS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT WE ALL LIVE IN.
FROM NRGY TO DO THINGS TO DUMPING WHAT WE HAVE USED AND DON’T NEED… IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE, LIFE ON LAND, AIR AND SEA AND THE STEWARDSHIP OF CARING FOR THE PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND IT’S FUTURE.
YOU LIVE ON PLANET EARTH. DON’T MAKE IT HELL, BECAUSE THAT’S EASY TO DO… AND QUICK I MIGHT ADD.
THE LESSON IS TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE BIGGEST MISTAKES OF THE MODERN HUMAN CIVILIZATION BECAUSE OF ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE. JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN, DOESN’T MEAN YOU SHOULD HAVE. AND THAT APTLY APPLIES TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EQUALLY. YOU WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PATH JUST BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK OUT LOUD WITH THE COURAGE OF CONVICTION AND BE LABELLED A FOOL.
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