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DocBrain has heard a lot more about global warming than he really wants to. DocBrain has decided not to be oppositional and to go with the flow. OK, there is global warming. OK, man is the cause for it. The world is in crisis. What to do? What to do!

DocBrain has gone to some of the global warming websites and finds that, as typical for the left, there is a lot of heat but not much light.

Here is what DocBrain learned:

• Global warming is bad
• Many celebrities go to fancy parties that raise funds for organizations that raise awareness about global warming. In the pictures on the websites, they are wearing nice outfits and look like they are having a good time.
• The best hope is the Kyoto Accord, which, even by the best estimates of compliance, will only mildly slow the rate of increase of greenhouse gasses, so it is really not a solution.
• Taxing of pollution is another method cited, but again, this only would cause a rise in cost of goods and not a real fall in greenhouse emissions.
• Developing countries need to produce pollution in order to create jobs and combat poverty.
• New science approaches range from the weird (circle the earth with mylar satellites) to the ridiculous (fly planes that pollute the air with sulfur compounds).

So, no easy solution for this problem. So, if you are one of the people who is wound up about global warming, get your thinking cap on and come up with some reasonable solutions.

Here are some DocBrain solutions:

• Increase telecommuting. Many jobs can be distributed and done from home.
• Get the most polluting cars off the road. Counter to popular belief, these are not the Cadillac Escalades but the 10+ year old cars with damaged catalytic converters. These cars, which make up about 10% of all vehicles, produce 50% of the pollution. Replace them with mass transit.
• Synchronize traffic patterns; make them predictable. This will reduce traffic snarls and jams. Deploy intelligent lights and road design.
• Make roads safe for small vehicles, such as scooters and bicycles. Inexplicably, many cities which deplore traffic jams and pollution have outlawed Segways and mopeds!
• Encourage the development of green space.
• Encourage zero population growth. Birth control and sterilization are most efficient. Abortion less so. Less people = less environmental stress. One option: no tax benefits for >2 children in those who pay taxes. Mandatory adoption at birth for excess children of those who don't.
• Increase tax on fossil fuels to encourage biofuel and other renewable fuel development and deployment.
• New ways to dispose of waste that reduces landfills and perhaps that produces energy from waste.