The Trains Carrying Coal To Power Plants

The Most Difficult Task, Phase-out Over The Next 20-25 Years Of Coal Use That Does Not Capture Co₂, Is Herculean, Yet Feasible When Compared With The Efforts That Went Into World War Ii. The Stakes, For All Life On The Planet, Surpass Those Of Any Previous Crisis. The Greatest Danger Is Continued Ignorance And Denial, Which Could Make Tragic Consequences Unavoidable.

Coral Reefs, The Rain Forest Of The Ocean, Are Home For One-third Of The Species Of The Sea. Coral Reefs Are Under Stress For Several Reasons, Including Warming Of The Ocean, But Especially Because Of Ocean Acidification, A Direct Effect Of Added Carbon Dioxide. Ocean Life Dependent On Carbonate Shells And Skeletons Is Threatened By Dissolution As The Ocean Becomes More Acid.

Jail Threats Did Not Dissuade Martin Luther King - And Intergenerational Justice Is A Moral Issue Of Comparable Magnitude To Civil Rights.

If Humanity Wishes To Preserve A Planet Similar To That On Which Civilisation Developed And To Which Life On Earth Is Adapted, Paleoclimate Evidence And Ongoing Climate Change Suggest That Co₂ Will Need To Be Reduced From Its Current 385 Ppm [parts Per Million] To At Most 350 Ppm... If The Present Overshoot Of This Target Co₂ Is Not Brief, There Is A Possibility Of Seeding Irreversible Catastrophic Effects.

The Trains Carrying Coal To Power Plants Are Death Trains. Coal-fired Power Plants Are Factories Of Death.