Tuesday, February 03, 2009

And we shall become Atlantians!

I was reading Göteborg Postens artical today on the city's plans to protect itself for rising sea levels; sea barriers and moving parts of the city; and it got me to wondering (again) why we aren't even talking about science fiction solutions; finding an energy efficient method of freezing a chunk of the ocean, perhaps even using that trapped energy rather than seeing it as a problem. Separating the CO2 into C and O2. Collecting or altering what we've already put up there. Is this totally beyond the realm of scientific reality? Cost would have to be a none issue, as no-one can afford to live on Venus, which would appear to be what we're turning Ma Earth into.

Perhaps I'll postpone the book I'm blocking on and write that one instead, and hope that it turns out to as prophetic as all of the doomsday sci fi. Then we can get on with finding the next way to wipe ourselves out.