Simple Solutions
For Planet Earth
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The Venus Syndrome: A Tale from the Future
...Hurricane Valerie has stormed through the District and Hurricane Zeke is heading for Hawaii (yes, the Pacific, for the first time, cycled through and came back to A) . Worse, something is forming just south of the Big Island, and the meteorological conditions suggest that the movement could well turn north instead of west, as have the half dozen Category 5 hurricanes which formed in the mid-Pacific over the past five years...
...Both the north terrestrial and magnetic poles are now over ocean, with the seafloor 13,000 feet (4000 meters) below. Normally, only half the ice melts. As of today, there is no ice in the Arctic around the poles....
...The chairman of the IPRC, reported that we had reached and tripped over the tipping point. The Venus Syndrome had begun, and, now, could probably not be stopped. Humanity at large, and most of life, would cease to exist within a century, providing a short period to develop solutions for survival, the only rational one being to leave Planet Earth, although emergency efforts are being planned to release air pollution particulates and sulfute aerosols into the atmosphere. Fortunately enough, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Book 2) program had recently detected signals from an advanced civilization in the Orion constellation. The data is being interpreted and….
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The Venus Syndrome: A Tale from the Future
...Hurricane Valerie has stormed through the District and Hurricane Zeke is heading for
...Both the north terrestrial and magnetic poles are now over ocean, with the seafloor 13,000 feet
...The chairman of the IPRC, reported that we had reached and tripped over the tipping point. The Venus Syndrome had begun, and, now, could probably not be stopped. Humanity at large, and most of life, would cease to exist within a century, providing a short period to develop solutions for survival, the only rational one being to leave Planet Earth, although emergency efforts are being planned to release air pollution particulates and sulfute aerosols into the atmosphere. Fortunately enough, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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About the Book
Simple Solutions: For Planet Earth is a scientific book written in a popular style for the average reader. You have read about Peak Oil and Global Climate Warming, and complained about $4/gallon gasoline, but how really serious are these headlines and annoyances? The author has worked his entire career on: the science, technology, education, administration and politics of these subjects, and crystallizes this complex field into understandable elements, providing simple solutions for humanity.
Does it make sense for the renewable energy budget of the Federal Government to be about $1 billion/year when:
o Annual tax incentives and government programs for the oil industry are supposedly in the range between $38 billion and $115 billion, although Lester Brown says $210 billion in 2005.
o Farm subsidies alone in 2004 cost taxpayers $16.2 billion.
o Our country spends $12 billion a month, or $144 billion/year, on the
The author’s long experience with the Greenhouse Effect has led him to believe that methane, not carbon dioxide, could well be the critical gas of concern, for there is potential for global warming to cascade into, what he terms, the Venus Syndrome. The closing chapter speculates on a hypothesis regarding mega-tsunamis (100 meter waves) from landslides.
While simple solutions are suggested, the problem is the inability of our civilization to agree on a workable strategy, which is further weakened by the lack of will on part of the general populace. Thus, the reader is urged to help make that crucial difference. Instructions and examples are provided on how to attain Rainbow Vision to carry out this mission for a better Planet Earth. The simplest solution is for everyone to join in on the effort.
About the Author
Patrick Takahashi is Emeritus Director of the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute and retired Professor of Engineering at the
At the
He helped co-found the
A chemical engineer, colors and elements are featured: Black Energy, Green Enertopia, The Silver Bullet: Hydrogen, Blue Revolution, White Out: The Venus Syndrome, and Blackout: Six Hours to
The cover represents his family crest, colorized to represent Rainbow Vision, the guide to simple solutions. To take the high road to cooperation, countries and individuals might need a high bridge. Takahashi means high bridge in Japanese. Thus, the author wishes to work with the reader in using simple solutions to make Planet Earth a better world.