Solving Climate Change: The Surprising Truth

Solving climate change means reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

The main cause of climate change is burning coal, oil, and natural gas, which releases vast amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. CO2 is a heat-trapping gas that acts like a blanket over the Earth, causing temperatures to rise.

We have known the solution for a long time.

The solution to climate change is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. We have known this for a long time, but we have been distracted by less effective strategies like hydrogen energy or carbon offsets.

We need to rapidly deploy existing solutions.

To reduce carbon dioxide emissions, we need to rapidly deploy existing solutions like solar power, wind power, batteries, electric vehicles, and heat pumps. These technologies are already available and cost-effective, and they can help us to transition to a clean energy future.

Carbon offsets are not a substitute for direct emissions reductions.

Carbon offsets are not a substitute for direct emissions reductions. Carbon offsets allow people or companies to pay someone else to cut their pollution so they don't have to cut their own. This is like paying someone else to exercise for you. If cutting CO2 cost that little, climate change would not be a problem.

Heat pumps are a cost-effective solution for improving indoor air quality in schools.

Heat pumps are a cost-effective way to improve indoor air quality in schools. Heat pumps extract heat from outside air, even cold air, and transfer it inside, providing both heating and cooling. They can also filter the air, removing pollutants.

Schools are chronically underfunded and need help to improve ventilation systems.

Schools are chronically underfunded and need help to improve ventilation systems. A 2020 government study found that a shocking 36,000 schools need to fix or replace their heating and cooling systems. This means millions of our kids routinely breathe bad air for no good reason.

Moms, dads, educators, and all who care about kids need to take action.

Moms, dads, educators, and all who care about kids need to take action to improve ventilation systems in schools. We can become informed about the problem and the solution, demand action from school boards and administrators, and implement low-cost measures like using CO2 monitors to indicate when to open windows and flush out the air.

We can't save the world by playing by the rules.

We can't save the world by playing by the rules because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change, and it has to start today.