A young sub-Saharan woman, with a child slung on her back and three others at her side, dreads going out into the blazing sun to walk 5 km to gather some wood to cook for her refugee family. And 800 million like her.

Climate Change Can be Stopped

We’ve failed to accept the terrifying consequences of climate change for fellow citizens, young and old, rich and poor. Experts say we face a global recession comparable to the Great Depression of 1929, but forever.
Asking the wealthy to change and experience austerity is naive. Focusing on doom and gloom will not lead to a change.

Change in Energy

The fourth era of energy started in the 1950s with the invention of the first practical solar panel, and today, in the 2020s, we stand at the cusp of a transformative new century in energy and transport.
We’ve relied on molecule-based energy, but now, we move to unlimited and free electron-based energy. Energy is no longer fuel but technology.
In contrast to climate doomer narratives with little hope of stopping global emissions or the deliberate action of climate deniers, we will explore how far we have moved to a zero-emission future that turns geopolitics on its head. Local energy takes back sovereignty and control from fossil fuel-rich countries and from corporations to individuals.

Change in Transport

The energy change will change transport. Along with artificial intelligence and human ingenuity, transport will change from being individually owned to “personalised public transport”.
We will end our dependence on exploitive mineral extraction of Earth resources, and that young woman and her family will be lifted from poverty to abundance.

Optimism

We are optimistic. Explore how we have a future of prosperity and sustainability. We have it for the taking if we realise the promise of human ingenuity and take control of our destiny.

Hugh Butler

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