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I just read about Obama and other leaders deciding to punt on a binding agreement on Climate Change in Copenhagen. What a disappointment! Human beings LOVE to procrastinate, so we often need others – policy – to force us into community long-term plans. It’s such a shame that even the Governments are now procrastinating as well as us individuals. Maybe it’s just the heath-care plan, maybe it’s just the economy. I hope those two things are resolved in time for us to make an impact and get a global agreement in place. At a sustainability symposium that I attended at Caltech yesterday, Undersecretary of the DOE and Physicist Steve Koonin artfully presented how dire the situation really is – mainly because of demographic and economic shifts around the world. India and China are really going to change the planet as they approach our wealth and flamboyant energy use.
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“as they approach our wealth and flamboyant energy use”…Isn’t it rather true that they will develop [or purchase] leapfrog technologies and never approach our flamboyance?
I agree Bill, it is disappointing that we’re not getting much strategic cooperation on global warming. Will we have to be in crisis before we take action? I think fresh water supply depletion from glacier loss will probably be the first way we really feel this, and maybe it will rise to crisis levels in the next 2-5 years. Makes you think twice about living in LA…we’ll certainly have tighter and tighter water supply here. Good luck with your work, and congratulations on being recognized in the big Fortune spread of top technology leaders!