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Humans
need
to
decide
what
kind
of
we
want
to
leave
on
the
planet
.
Ordinary
have
a
pivotal
role
to
play
concerning
what
kind
of
footprint
they
leave
on
this
planet
.
the
many
strands
of
change
will
be
a
,
bottom
-
up
movement
.
People
have
been
by
the
media
and
convinced
of
their
on
this
issue
.
They
need
to
feel
that
they
have
the
power
to
change
things
.
It
is
critical
that
the
taken
are
felt
to
be
feasible
and
effective
,
and
that
reverting
climatic
trends
means
neither
personal
nor
the
end
of
our
natural
resources
.
What
can
we
do
?
We
can
make
sure
that
our
meet
the
highest
?
ciency
standards
.
We
can
install
solar
panels
and
buy
electric
cars
,
so
soon
we
will
no
longer
need
fossil
fuels
to
generate
energy
.
We
can
reduce
our
consumption
of
water
by
using
rainwater
recapture
systems
and
lowering
volume
?
ush
in
toilets
and
in
shower
-
head
?
ow
.
More
importantly
,
we
can
band
together
with
like
-
minded
neighbors
to
build
communities
which
our
planet
.
We
must
agency
,
for
"
We
are
the
music
makers
,
and
we
are
the
dreamers
of
dreams
,
"
as
written
in
the
poem
Ode
by
Arthur
O
?
Shaughnessy
.
shortfalls outstrip capacity geothermal imperative abyss starvation boom improvements
The
footprints
of
technology
lead
away
from
the
.
Tomas
Malthus
famously
theorized
that
the
in
the
Earth
?
s
population
would
our
to
produce
su
?
cient
food
thereby
leading
to
a
lack
and
.
Has
his
prediction
,
presented
in
1798
,
come
close
to
reality
?
The
answer
is
a
clear
?
no
?
.
So
,
what
has
happened
?
Great
in
agriculture
productivity
have
been
accomplished
,
and
food
is
more
than
abundantly
supplied
for
the
billions
of
new
earth
dwellers
.
Any
are
on
the
distribution
side
rather
than
the
production
side
.
What
many
fail
to
grasp
about
climate
change
is
that
,
while
many
predict
Malthusian
doomsday
scenarios
due
to
global
warming
,
new
solutions
are
provided
and
new
technologies
are
implemented
to
guarantee
the
continuance
of
mankind
on
this
planet
.
Therefore
,
it
is
that
massive
investments
in
Research
and
Development
be
made
.
Solar
,
nuclear
,
wind
,
tide
,
,
and
other
yet
undreamed
technologies
will
allow
us
to
cut
green
house
gas
emissions
to
zero
.
Furthermore
,
as
these
new
technologies
are
transferred
to
the
developing
world
.
Bypassing
20th
century
technologies
entirely
,
they
will
reduce
even
further
the
carbon
dioxide
currently
being
pumped
into
the
atmosphere
.
Clearly
,
the
footprint
of
a
brighter
future
bears
the
impression
of
innovation
.
.