... - thus enabling millions, even billions of people to climb out of poverty. Space solar power does not emit greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, and has none of the environmental problems of coal, oil, natural gas or nuclear...
... the atmosphere, these are not going to be enough to bring down the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Only by using space can we make a better stab at that as a human society. As time unfolds, this will become...
... one aspect to keep clearly in mind, however, is that this would be only a temporary solution. The need to decrease greenhouse gases and get to a near zero carbon footprint would remain. It would simply allow humanity to ‘buy time’ for...
... evolve in these early stages have been suggested. These include an initially more massive Sun, an enhancement of greenhouse gases or a different cloud distribution which affected global albedo; albedo is the proportion of radiation that is reflected...
....” The global warming trend is due to human activities that have increased emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and the effects are evident in declining Arctic sea ice, rising sea levels...