Notes from Plenary

notes from Nick on Thursday Plenary:

-if China continues to produce cars at the same rate, they would have about 1.1 billion cars by 2030.
-China not able to consume nearly as much per capita GDP as US
-Western economic model will not work in scenaria

Rampant consumption causes problems such as:
-Plan A-business as usual
-Plan B 3.0-"mobilizing to save civilization"
1. Stabilize population
2. remove poverty
3. renewal of broken environments
4. stabilize the climate

-artic oil reserves?
-much of the ice has melted, which creates more dark ocean. This scenario causes more heat to be absorbed by the water
-causing the acceleration of Greenland
-greenhouse gas emission are outpacing the very worst model...***

-Himalayan glaciers
-Chinese academy of science scientist measured Himalayan glaciers and concluded that the glaciers could disappear
-the national park will need to change its name by 2030
-must cut carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2020
-record high transportation rates with high gas prices
-1.5 million turbines for 3 million megawatts by 2020
-"will permeate the whole economy"
-according to Nick..."we need a command economy similar to the one during WorldWarII...feels as if the normal person will end up paying for the consequences...feels as if she assumed many things throughout the plenary"