Had on Meet The Press for a short time and it was nothing but Trump. After wondering just how Trump has stayed #1 for so long without paying for a single TV ad (insert sarcasm here) we eventually shifted to CBS Sunday Morning and had breakfast.

While originally disappointed in the Paris COP21 accord, after reading it a little more closely it is actually capable of getting closer to where we need to go — if we all adhere to it. The biggest potential roadblock? The United States of America. We have a voter base that, by a wide margin, believes the climate is changing for the worse, yet they don’t think we need to do anything about it. We have the ONLY government body in the free world that won’t admit things are changing. More on these issues later via blog.

This piece below from Huff Post is insanely easy to read through and covers a lot of the ideas I have been reading about. Urgency is key. We have technology, we have the money to spend, all we need is the will.

Most estimates, including this article, think it will take $7 trillion a year to change to a 100% carbon free economy. That sounds like a lot of cash, until you consider we spend $6 trillion on fossil fuels. In addition, governments around the world, ours included, spend $500 billion a year SUBSIDIZING oil, gas and coal. In our socialist-adverse country, HOW IS THAT A THING? That money needs to go away. NOW.

We are not the only cause for changing climate. It changes naturally over tens of thousands to millions of years. One thing is undeniable by all but the worst of us — it is changing right now. And while not the only cause, if you can finish a connect the dot drawing you can see when it started…with the world’s industrialization. We have spent 200+ years getting to the point we are now. All that carbon has finally enabled us to live WITHOUT carbon. Time to do it.

http://testkitchen.huffingtonpost.com/436848/