Property to keep us from Armageddon!

Economist Jeremy Rifkin expected to change in policy, humanity within a maximum of 100 years will actually endangered.

The danger of such strong statements is that people are strongly inclined to close immediately, because the enormity of it is simply the comprehension beyond.

Before Jeremy Rifkin, however, directly in the category of “sensation-seeking prophets of doom” stops, one has to remember that especially European leaders like Sarkozy, Merkel and Zapatero regularly call upon his services as advisor on economy, energy and climate. (Cynics among you will of course still not seen as a recommendation.)

In an interview, which follow on YouTube with Dutch subtitles, his bold statement Rifkin slightly increased extensively.
In short it down according to him, that three other nursing crisis inexorably to humanity and forcing her to drastic measures to force.

• First there is a financial crisis, which he originated in 2008 when the record high oil price of $ 147 a barrel the economy inflicted such a shock, so that the weaknesses of a house of cards built on debt were brought to light.

Result, not only did doubt the solvency of banks, but even those of sovereign states. The latest developments are not encouraging and indicate earlier deterioration of the situation than a solution to the problem. (See the Blog on June 28 j.l.)

• Second there is an energy crisis caused by peak oil, that oil production barely increased, while demand continues to increase it. The result is that the oil price keeps rising to the point that high growth rates and thus reduce the demand again.The West has used cheap energy in the last century, managed to build a welfare state, which now has come under strong pressure to stand. Rifkin goes so far as to say that the economy is now on a drip and can no longer count on the consumer collapsing under heavy debts. The second industrial revolution is on its last legs!
• Third get the world to deal with problems in the food supply. The global warming brings drastic changes in local climatic conditions with them, which affect agricultural production.
  It appears that each time the optimistic predictions of climate change and have been much faster than thought to be overtaken by events.

Melting glaciers and tundra would be a problem for the next century. That process has now been put into place, with the result that more and more CO2 is released and the average temperature rises more than expected.

Dr. James Hansen, Chief scientist for NASA, even refers to temperature increases of up to six degrees by the end of this century, which is simply the end of human civilization would.

The agricultural sector in the coming years is to miss the one hand to address the damaging effects of global warming and also the loss of the essential oil harvesting and fertilization.

Surveying all this misery, Rifkin brings to conclude that it is high time for a global approach eleventh hour to humanity is to avoid the almost inevitable destruction.

That approach should be borne by the third industrial revolution. That arises when the information technology of the last 15 years, the free distribution of data over the Internet has enabled, used for the distribution of energy.

This refers to alternative (soft) energy instead of the hard energy generated from coal, oil and gas and uranium.
That soft renewable energy from solar, wind, tidal, bio-waste, hydro ect. would then in the most efficient manner can be stored and distributed using the same techniques that they use the Internet. This allows surpluses and deficits in a smart way to be balanced over large areas.

Essential part of this approach is the neutralization of the largest source of CO2 emissions. Buildings are under Ripkin responsible for one third of those emissions. By massive buildings to convert into energy generators by solar panels, wind turbines, etc. They are a very important part of the solution.

Prerequisite for the success of the plans is that excess energy is not lost but can be temporarily stored. The current storage techniques will have to be applied to a massive end to the unreliability of alternative power generation.

His proposal to save humanity is resting on 4 pillars:

1. renewable alternative energy
2. conversion of buildings to power generators
3. energy storage using hydrogen
4. distribution of energy through an intelligent network

The European Parliament in 2007 this “Third Revolution” formally supported and there are several projects started. Given the urgency, a more energetic approach is certainly desirable, in the light of a moribund construction industry. (See: Trends in the real estate)

It seems a “no brainer” to promote employment while a constructive contribute to solving the global warming problem.

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