If these were the primary four solutions discussed to tackle climate change, then it has become crystal clear to me why we got the election outcome we did.
These are all worthwhile ideas and efforts, but you seem to leave policy solutions off the table when you talk about skipping “taxes and regulatory devices” and presumably other means like cap and trade or some iteration thereof. I hope the people attending this conference aren’t kidding themselves that global warming can be addressed entirely through voluntary means. Certainly the keynote speaker, Energy Sec. Moniz, must have addressed this?
All of the things outlined here are good and may help more people understand the problem and recognize that there are solutions at hand, but then we need to act on that knowledge. For example, LED lighting is a an important part of moving energy efficiency, but it would not have moved as fast (both in people installing bulbs and the prices coming down) without the federal policy (signed by Bush) that helped speed it along.
We need policy change at the local, state, federal and international level to deal with the scope of this problem in the very short timeframe we have to do it. Policies - whether cap and trade, a carbon tax or something else, if designed well, can be effective while addressing inequity issues.
What you’re describing here sounds more like a Rainbow Gathering than a serious discussion about solutions.
That is a good point. There was not one there talking about policy. Conservation International has decided to focus on consumers who has been a leader in policy pursuits.
There are people pursuing it however. The American Sustainable Business Council has that as their primary driver. It is a coalition of businesses seeking policy change of many types.
I agree that we will need progress in all of these areas to get through our current challenges. We will need to find ways to intentionally connect these paths, and that will require a spirit of collaboration and an eye on the ultimate common goal.
While we do need progress in all areas and that includes collaboration, policy, different market mechanisms like social entrepreneurship and marketing, the keys to making this happen are humility, emotional intelligence, leadership, vision and risk-taking. And while different actors in different sectors are making incremental and in some cases significant changes, no out there is trying to connect the dots or is willingly being supported to bridge the gaps between the sectors, which is absolutely necessary to bring about the changes we need. Our society and the different sectors’ responses remain way too siloed while egos and personal agendas continue to create divisions, rather than unifying people and tapping into their efforts and creativity to become part of the solution.
Without leadership, vision and humility, Washington will remain gridlocked and hijacked by big money interests and as a result, the government will continue to be perceived as adding no value and companies will continue to pursue different initiatives that make them feel good. The bottom line is people (including me) are still way too comfortable. As a result, wholesale changes to our society, which is what is needed, remain a distant pipe dream until someone is willing to throw down the gauntlet.
Think about our primary systems of politics, the economy and the legal system - they are set up as competitions and our current efforts to pursue social change, adversarial strategies such as protests, demonstrations, acts of civil disobedience, partisan organizing, litigation, and strikes are the mechanisms for change. In my opinion, this is akin to showing up at a gun fight with a knife in hand. We need to be willing to think differently and mindfully pursue cr0ss-sector collaborative solutions, not just hope for a spirit of collaboration.
Well, Joe, you are right about what is needed. But wrong no one is doing it. My new book, The Responsible Entrepreneur: Four Game-Changing Archetypes for Founders, Leader and Impact Investors, offers methods of working on human development (leadership of large scale change, self-mastery, critical thinking skills and care for the greater whole) told through stories of where it is happening, the methods they used to do so, including the leadership work and personal humility. They are all my clients. colleagues in this work and students where I teach. They are creating great change in industries, social systems, cultural paradigms and governing agreements using four leadership archetypes. That is why I wrote the book to tell what my colleagues and I have been teaching for forty plus years, the inroads it is making.
My last book has even more stories showing how to build a successfully enough business, and a stakeholder ecosystem, to make changes. The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success. Both Jossey Bass publications. See more at http://www.carolsanford.com
Thanks for tank the time to bring your excellent thinking into the forum.
Hello
I am sending this article to you, as you might be interested in publishing it for your readers.
I think your readers will find this story inspiring. Please feel free to use this article or any information published on the web site.
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Hydro Nano Gas could be the Answer for Neutralizing Carbon Fuel Emissions
Hydro Infra Technologies (HIT), a Swedish clean tech company based in Stockholm, has developed an innovative patent pending approach for neutralizing carbon fuel emissions by generating a novel gas called Hydro Nano Gas (HNG).
In spite of all the advancement happening in the energy sector, global economies are still dependent on fossil fuels as the interlinked chain of costs to completely replace the burning of fossil fuels with more clean and sustainable options is beyond the financial resources of even the richest nations.
This in turn effects the climate change scenario which has been continuously increasing as more pollution and green house gases are created from burning fossil fuels on a daily basis.
This dilemma requires a new approach with safe, cost effective and smart solutions; the solution in sight? Making any fossil fuel climate neutral – and this is exactly what HIT’s Hydro Nano Gas proposes to do.
Water contains 2 basic elements, Hydrogen and Oxygen. These 2 basic elements can be split, divided and utilized. Splitting water (H2O) is a known science. But the energy costs to perform splitting outweigh the energy created from hydrogen when the Hydrogen is split from the water molecule H2O. This is where mainstream science usually closes the book on the subject.
HIT took a different approach by postulating that it was not only possible but indefinitely sustainable to split water in an energy efficient way to extract a high yield of Hydrogen at very low cost.
The process of creating HNG involves pulsing an range of low energy frequencies in a very specific sequence into water. The pulsing treatment effectively manipulates the molecules to line up in a certain structure which are then put through a splitting process. The result is HNG.
Being exotic as it is, HNG displays some very different properties from normal hydrogen. For instance: HNG instantly neutralizes carbon fuel pollution emissions; HNG can be pressurized up to 2 bars; HNG combusts at a rate of 9000 meters per second while normal Hydrogen combusts at a rate 600 meters per second; oxygen values actually increase when HNG is inserted into a diesel flame; and finally, HNG acts like a vortex on fossil fuel emissions causing the flame to be pulled into the centre thus concentrating the heat and combustion properties.
Injecting HNG into a combustion chamber produces several effects that increase the burn efficiency of the fuels. HNG gasification effectively burns unburned residue/cluster while completing the burn process quicker. The long term impact of using HNG in the burning of fossil fuels can provide the balanced solution for the on going economic-climate change debate.
The new technology is also found to be effective in the treatment of polluted water; when HNG Nano bubbles are injected into polluted water, a microbe chain reaction is initiated that rapidly triggers and boosts the waters’ own organic repairing process. While further testing and validation are required, the discovery creates new potential in providing solutions to critical areas of global pollution.
HIT is also developing a Smoke Eliminator for all sorts of plants and facilities. The process reduces the need for smoke analysis as it results in a clean wet scrubber technology where CO2 becomes a clean by-product ready to be reused.
Further, a miniaturized version of the standard HNG reactor will help HIT achieve its goal of gassing 9,000 cubic meters of smoke volume per second. Using Nano technology, the reactor will see the beginning of a new technology phase for each HNG application, reports HIT.
The HIT innovation story begins in the 1980’s when a small team of dedicated technicians, researchers and engineers came together to innovate real world solutions based on the theoretical research conducted by Nobel prize winner Professor Yuan Tse Lee. The goal was clear - to ‘crack’ the Hydrogen code.
In late 2012, after years of on / off research and experimentation, they finally cracked the code and HNG was born.
HIT was formed to spread their discoveries to the world as Information Technology via joint venture partners.
HIT has also selected SGS – the worlds leading testing/validation and certification company – to be its’ permanent testing-validation protocol partner, providing certification that enables HIT to expand into global markets.
Read more about HIT: http://www.hydroinfra.com
Hi Mike
thanks for sending this piece. It came to me as an author, not the magazine as a publication. You will l need to send it to SSIR directly.
It is a great story. I have no way of knowing if they will want to publish it. Some people will read it here as a comment on my own piece, but few at this late date since publication.
Very interesting: this is a good starting point… for more! Why dont you write down an action plan please? This is the next step needed of a person who could analyze such things. Or four action plans, and try to combine them? Humanity badly needs an action plan to fix what is causing, and see long term earth and life preservation.
Thanks for taking the time to answer, bought your latest book, will let you know. Would it be useful to have a summary view in addition - different than a book - a 1-3 pages short document on actionable, needed actions, that in your opinion are needed? Looking for thoughts a solutions cookbook of actionable items with area, project, timeline, cost, impact. Emmanuel Cassimatis
It’s interesting to see how the different methods are all working towards the same thing but with so many conflicting values. Honestly from my point of view, it looks like everybody has the right idea, it’s just that they need to be a little more accepting about what happens when they try to do something and come across road blocks. Best bet right now is to keep in mind what other paths are trying to achieve and work hand in hand with everybody so that removals of conflicts can be achieved.
Human being’s living system matters much for environmental degradation. At present the purity level of air is decreasing day by day. At one hand we are technically growing fast on the other hand we are environmentally going down and the problem of global warming is increasing by leaps and bonds. We should care more about for eco friendly nature and avoid a lavishing life to walk with our surrounding and nature. http://www.kalkifashion.com
COMMENTS
BY Bill
ON November 6, 2014 02:20 PM
If these were the primary four solutions discussed to tackle climate change, then it has become crystal clear to me why we got the election outcome we did.
These are all worthwhile ideas and efforts, but you seem to leave policy solutions off the table when you talk about skipping “taxes and regulatory devices” and presumably other means like cap and trade or some iteration thereof. I hope the people attending this conference aren’t kidding themselves that global warming can be addressed entirely through voluntary means. Certainly the keynote speaker, Energy Sec. Moniz, must have addressed this?
All of the things outlined here are good and may help more people understand the problem and recognize that there are solutions at hand, but then we need to act on that knowledge. For example, LED lighting is a an important part of moving energy efficiency, but it would not have moved as fast (both in people installing bulbs and the prices coming down) without the federal policy (signed by Bush) that helped speed it along.
We need policy change at the local, state, federal and international level to deal with the scope of this problem in the very short timeframe we have to do it. Policies - whether cap and trade, a carbon tax or something else, if designed well, can be effective while addressing inequity issues.
What you’re describing here sounds more like a Rainbow Gathering than a serious discussion about solutions.
BY Carol Sanford
ON November 7, 2014 05:01 AM
That is a good point. There was not one there talking about policy. Conservation International has decided to focus on consumers who has been a leader in policy pursuits.
There are people pursuing it however. The American Sustainable Business Council has that as their primary driver. It is a coalition of businesses seeking policy change of many types.
thanks for pointing this out.
BY Linda Fisher Thornton
ON November 12, 2014 01:16 PM
I agree that we will need progress in all of these areas to get through our current challenges. We will need to find ways to intentionally connect these paths, and that will require a spirit of collaboration and an eye on the ultimate common goal.
BY Carol Sanford
ON November 12, 2014 05:01 PM
Thanks Linda.
BY Joe
ON November 21, 2014 07:24 AM
While we do need progress in all areas and that includes collaboration, policy, different market mechanisms like social entrepreneurship and marketing, the keys to making this happen are humility, emotional intelligence, leadership, vision and risk-taking. And while different actors in different sectors are making incremental and in some cases significant changes, no out there is trying to connect the dots or is willingly being supported to bridge the gaps between the sectors, which is absolutely necessary to bring about the changes we need. Our society and the different sectors’ responses remain way too siloed while egos and personal agendas continue to create divisions, rather than unifying people and tapping into their efforts and creativity to become part of the solution.
Without leadership, vision and humility, Washington will remain gridlocked and hijacked by big money interests and as a result, the government will continue to be perceived as adding no value and companies will continue to pursue different initiatives that make them feel good. The bottom line is people (including me) are still way too comfortable. As a result, wholesale changes to our society, which is what is needed, remain a distant pipe dream until someone is willing to throw down the gauntlet.
Think about our primary systems of politics, the economy and the legal system - they are set up as competitions and our current efforts to pursue social change, adversarial strategies such as protests, demonstrations, acts of civil disobedience, partisan organizing, litigation, and strikes are the mechanisms for change. In my opinion, this is akin to showing up at a gun fight with a knife in hand. We need to be willing to think differently and mindfully pursue cr0ss-sector collaborative solutions, not just hope for a spirit of collaboration.
BY Carol Sanford
ON November 21, 2014 09:20 AM
Well, Joe, you are right about what is needed. But wrong no one is doing it. My new book, The Responsible Entrepreneur: Four Game-Changing Archetypes for Founders, Leader and Impact Investors, offers methods of working on human development (leadership of large scale change, self-mastery, critical thinking skills and care for the greater whole) told through stories of where it is happening, the methods they used to do so, including the leadership work and personal humility. They are all my clients. colleagues in this work and students where I teach. They are creating great change in industries, social systems, cultural paradigms and governing agreements using four leadership archetypes. That is why I wrote the book to tell what my colleagues and I have been teaching for forty plus years, the inroads it is making.
My last book has even more stories showing how to build a successfully enough business, and a stakeholder ecosystem, to make changes. The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success. Both Jossey Bass publications. See more at http://www.carolsanford.com
Thanks for tank the time to bring your excellent thinking into the forum.
BY Mike
ON December 9, 2014 03:32 AM
Hello
I am sending this article to you, as you might be interested in publishing it for your readers.
I think your readers will find this story inspiring. Please feel free to use this article or any information published on the web site.
See details below
Hydro Nano Gas could be the Answer for Neutralizing Carbon Fuel Emissions
Hydro Infra Technologies (HIT), a Swedish clean tech company based in Stockholm, has developed an innovative patent pending approach for neutralizing carbon fuel emissions by generating a novel gas called Hydro Nano Gas (HNG).
In spite of all the advancement happening in the energy sector, global economies are still dependent on fossil fuels as the interlinked chain of costs to completely replace the burning of fossil fuels with more clean and sustainable options is beyond the financial resources of even the richest nations.
This in turn effects the climate change scenario which has been continuously increasing as more pollution and green house gases are created from burning fossil fuels on a daily basis.
This dilemma requires a new approach with safe, cost effective and smart solutions; the solution in sight? Making any fossil fuel climate neutral – and this is exactly what HIT’s Hydro Nano Gas proposes to do.
Water contains 2 basic elements, Hydrogen and Oxygen. These 2 basic elements can be split, divided and utilized. Splitting water (H2O) is a known science. But the energy costs to perform splitting outweigh the energy created from hydrogen when the Hydrogen is split from the water molecule H2O. This is where mainstream science usually closes the book on the subject.
HIT took a different approach by postulating that it was not only possible but indefinitely sustainable to split water in an energy efficient way to extract a high yield of Hydrogen at very low cost.
The process of creating HNG involves pulsing an range of low energy frequencies in a very specific sequence into water. The pulsing treatment effectively manipulates the molecules to line up in a certain structure which are then put through a splitting process. The result is HNG.
Being exotic as it is, HNG displays some very different properties from normal hydrogen. For instance: HNG instantly neutralizes carbon fuel pollution emissions; HNG can be pressurized up to 2 bars; HNG combusts at a rate of 9000 meters per second while normal Hydrogen combusts at a rate 600 meters per second; oxygen values actually increase when HNG is inserted into a diesel flame; and finally, HNG acts like a vortex on fossil fuel emissions causing the flame to be pulled into the centre thus concentrating the heat and combustion properties.
Injecting HNG into a combustion chamber produces several effects that increase the burn efficiency of the fuels. HNG gasification effectively burns unburned residue/cluster while completing the burn process quicker. The long term impact of using HNG in the burning of fossil fuels can provide the balanced solution for the on going economic-climate change debate.
The new technology is also found to be effective in the treatment of polluted water; when HNG Nano bubbles are injected into polluted water, a microbe chain reaction is initiated that rapidly triggers and boosts the waters’ own organic repairing process. While further testing and validation are required, the discovery creates new potential in providing solutions to critical areas of global pollution.
HIT is also developing a Smoke Eliminator for all sorts of plants and facilities. The process reduces the need for smoke analysis as it results in a clean wet scrubber technology where CO2 becomes a clean by-product ready to be reused.
Further, a miniaturized version of the standard HNG reactor will help HIT achieve its goal of gassing 9,000 cubic meters of smoke volume per second. Using Nano technology, the reactor will see the beginning of a new technology phase for each HNG application, reports HIT.
The HIT innovation story begins in the 1980’s when a small team of dedicated technicians, researchers and engineers came together to innovate real world solutions based on the theoretical research conducted by Nobel prize winner Professor Yuan Tse Lee. The goal was clear - to ‘crack’ the Hydrogen code.
In late 2012, after years of on / off research and experimentation, they finally cracked the code and HNG was born.
HIT was formed to spread their discoveries to the world as Information Technology via joint venture partners.
HIT has also selected SGS – the worlds leading testing/validation and certification company – to be its’ permanent testing-validation protocol partner, providing certification that enables HIT to expand into global markets.
Read more about HIT: http://www.hydroinfra.com
BY Carol Sanford
ON December 9, 2014 06:38 AM
Hi Mike
thanks for sending this piece. It came to me as an author, not the magazine as a publication. You will l need to send it to SSIR directly.
It is a great story. I have no way of knowing if they will want to publish it. Some people will read it here as a comment on my own piece, but few at this late date since publication.
BY emmanuel cassimatis
ON December 10, 2014 02:46 PM
Very interesting: this is a good starting point… for more! Why dont you write down an action plan please? This is the next step needed of a person who could analyze such things. Or four action plans, and try to combine them? Humanity badly needs an action plan to fix what is causing, and see long term earth and life preservation.
BY Carol Sanford
ON December 10, 2014 02:57 PM
I did emmanuel. I wrote two book. The Responsible Entrepreneur and The Responsible business. Check them out for the plan
BY Emmanuel Cassimatis
ON December 10, 2014 03:39 PM
Thanks for taking the time to answer, bought your latest book, will let you know. Would it be useful to have a summary view in addition - different than a book - a 1-3 pages short document on actionable, needed actions, that in your opinion are needed? Looking for thoughts a solutions cookbook of actionable items with area, project, timeline, cost, impact. Emmanuel Cassimatis
BY Marcio Wilges
ON February 4, 2015 07:42 PM
It’s interesting to see how the different methods are all working towards the same thing but with so many conflicting values. Honestly from my point of view, it looks like everybody has the right idea, it’s just that they need to be a little more accepting about what happens when they try to do something and come across road blocks. Best bet right now is to keep in mind what other paths are trying to achieve and work hand in hand with everybody so that removals of conflicts can be achieved.
BY Siddartha
ON December 28, 2015 11:16 PM
Human being’s living system matters much for environmental degradation. At present the purity level of air is decreasing day by day. At one hand we are technically growing fast on the other hand we are environmentally going down and the problem of global warming is increasing by leaps and bonds. We should care more about for eco friendly nature and avoid a lavishing life to walk with our surrounding and nature.
http://www.kalkifashion.com
BY movie maker support
ON February 17, 2018 04:33 AM
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