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With all this flurry about doing things to be green, carbon trading, and renewables, it strikes me that there is a huge disconnect between doing these things and doing the things that would actually solve the problem that has been laid out by the very ones who are promoting the green remedies.  It is as if the advocates have laid out a climate crisis that requires a major response to avert, but instead, they are promoting a response that is mostly symbolic rather than a practical solution.  Consider a green roof for instance.  Is there a true cost/benefit analysis that supports the viability of a green roof?  It strikes me as a costly concept that is just reaching in every direction to find justification.  I keep hearing these types of measures justified by saying that they will get people to think green.  So what will be accomplished when we all think green?  Are we going to will the solution that will prevent the supposed crisis just by thinking green?I am afraid that the only real solution to this crisis as it is defined, is for all of us to pay more and consume less.  Maybe the point of getting us all to think green is simply to prepare us to accept sacrifice.In the book, Unstoppable Global Warming by Fred Singer, and Dennis Avery, they lay out some facts about renewables.  By 2050, annual electric demand will increase from today's demand by an additional 30 trillion watt-hours.  Consider that that demand increase be provided by a combination of equal parts of wind, solar, and biomass energy.   The amount of undeveloped land required for these three energy-producing methods is as follows:1)   Biocrops: 30 million sq. km.2)   Solar panels: 220,000 sq. km. Plus land for transmission lines, service roads, maintenance yards, etc.3)   Windmills: 600,000 sq. km. (some might be offshore, but there is major resistance to offshore windmills)For perspective, this totals approximately the size of South America (22 million sq. km.) plus China (10 million sq. km.)This is just to cover the increase in demand by 2050.  It does nothing to eliminate the present coal burning plants that emit the CO2 that must be eliminated to prevent the impending climate catastrophe.So you can see the disconnect between actually solving the problem, and merely doing symbolic gestures like changing light bulbs, keeping your tires inflated, re-using your grocery bags, caulking your windows, and thinking green.
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