Rapidly Improving Technology

There is no doubt that humankind is the beneficiary of a great many breakthroughs in technology – that applies to medicine, IT, communications, and yes, environmental sustainability.

In an interview I conducted for my third book “Renewable Energy – Following the Money” the spokesperson for the libertarian CATO Institute told me that this is the principal reason that we needn’t concern ourselves with global warming, in other words that, by the time it’s a real problem, it will be solved by new ways to generate electricity and transport ourselves and our possessions.

I countered that hoping for a miracle doesn’t sound like a viable strategy, especially when the stakes are so high.  We didn’t beat Hitler in WWII with hopes and prayers; we did it with rifles and bombs.