Will technology in the next ten years solve Global warming like we solved the hole in the ozone layer?

Answer 1

Ten years is too short a time-frame. Keep in mind that ecologists have seen global warming coming since the '70's - it took that long for the general public to (mostly) start believing it. (to the previous answerer - there is no conspiracy, no one is out to get you! you sound like the kind of person who would say AIDS or the Holocaust is a hoax if it suited you) Back to the topic at hand - now that we're ready to do something, it will still take a long time to execute. Banning CFC's was a relativelly simple solution, with relatively little effect on the broader economy - CO2 can't be "banned" so easily.

My guesses: It will take 5-10 years for alt. energy technologies to mature sufficiently for broader use, and another 10-20 for widespread implementation. Keep in mind that cars stay on the road about 12 years, and industrial equipment (i.e. turbines, diesel engines) can last much longer (20-30?). Also, building public transportation will take a long time, new rail lines can often be 15 year projects.

Cellulosic ethanol for one, would require a long time to expand because of the logistical difficulties of transporting so much biomass to the plants, and because of the extra rail lines which would be needed to transport the fuel to distributors. (or pipelines if butanol is made instead). Building an industry from the ground up requires not only the actual construction of plants (which itself takes a long time) but also lots of planning, coordination with support services, learning by pioneering individuals, and training of a large workforce.

As much as I'd like to, we will not replace coal or petroleum in 10 years. The best possible case would be a 'miraculous' breakthrough in solar or nuclear, but even if we had clean and cheap electricity, it would take more than 10 years to update our electrical grid to handle power for plug-in cars. Technology will eventually play an important role, but lifestyle changes and regulation will have much more impact in the near term.

Answer 2

In a sense yes. You see we did not solve the "hole in the ozone". The hole in the ozone was a hoax perpetrated on us just like the global warming hoax. let me explain.

Ozone is created by the sun shining on the atmosphere. Where was this so call ozone hole? Over Antarctica. It was larger in the winter and smaller in the summer. Why? Well, CFC's in air conditioning refrigerant, right? Wrong! The days in Antarctica are six months long. That means the sun does not shine there in the winter. No sunshine, larger ozone hole. It shines all summer there, ozone hole closes. Get it?

Yet that did not stop the environmental wackos from outlawing freon because it destroys ozone. (Funny, it was only restricted in the USA. You can still buy it you just have to pay a lot more for it. Or you can buy it dirt cheap in Mexico, no restrictions there.

So for those who still drive the older cars that use R-12 refrigerant, (often the less wealthy people) you have to pay upwards to a hundred dollars to recharge your air conditioners now instead of about $20. Everyone is happy that the ozone hole problem is now solved and so on to global warming.

This is another nature phenomenon that is being used to blame industry and raise taxes. Once enough damage has been done to our economy, the problem will be considered solved. But don't fret. There will be another crisis right behind that one.

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Answer 3

Nope. The problem will be with us for about a century, no matter what we do. The longer we delay to face the problem for real, the longer the effects of our actions will last.

Sorry for the bad news. Global warming will just get worse in your lifetime. It will continue during the lifetime of your children and, if we come to our senses soon, our grandchildren will see it eventually turn around and earth might return to a similar temperature that it had before the industrial revolution.

We did not "solve the hole in the Ozone layer problem", by the way. We just managed to stop it from getting worse. It will take decades for nature to "fix it".

And what about all the nonsense talk you hear about the global warming conspiracy? Well... it makes about as much sense as the JFK conspiracy and the moon landing hoax. And of course there is also the conspiracy in NASA from people learning about the face and pyramids on Mars which are being believed by people who just can't come to grips with reality. The one common thread among all those who call global warming a conspiracy is that they can simply not come to grips with reality.

Let's hope the majority of people can. Soon.

Answer 4

Technology is remarkable and one can only guess where we will be with it in ten years but I highly doubt that technology could "solve" global warming. I don't think we can reverse the damage we have already done; I do believe we can slow it down. The truth is that we humans played the major role in the occurrance and and unless we become more conscientious, less selfish and basically stop procreating, the trend is bound to continue. In all seriousness, mother nature has a way of taking care of her own. We humans may not be able to survive the environment we created but I have a sneaky suspicion that after we have destroyed our "world" that the planet earth will still be here, we just won't be on it.

Answer 5

You neglected to cite the area of the article that confirms that there is very various variability interior the ozone layer, Dana. "Dr Paul Fraser is from CSIRO's Marine and Atmospheric analyze branch. He says on a similar time as scientists have faith the hollow is shrinking, its length does variety from 12 months to a minimum of 12 months. "the main important driver of the 12 months-to-12 months variability interior the ozone hollow are stratospheric temperatures, and this became an extremely warm 12 months interior the stratosphere," he stated. "once you have a heat stratosphere, the tactics that harm ozone on the side of the CFCs (chloro fluoro carbon) are much less effective, and so which you finally end up with a particularly small ozone hollow. "So the 12 months to a minimum of 12 months variability is set via the temperature adjustments, yet they are superimposed on an prolonged-term type and we expect of that is on aim in the direction of eventual ozone restoration, yet that is going to take an prolonged time." He says the undeniable fact that CFCs (ozone depleting ingredients) have been phased out has helped the placement." i'm no longer arguing that CFC's impression ozone concentrations. CFC's can harm very various ozone for the period of its lifetime. yet, there remains very various variability in ozone for the period of the 12 months. that there is a definite quantity of variability isn't the 1st piece of information that individuals tend to post.

Answer 6

NO. we have left it too late.
The remedies needed to have been instigated 15 years ago.
Don't have kids they will probably not survive.

Jacob W, you are a fool.