The greenhouse problem - let's get serious

The most readily available sources of the energy that is essential for human advancement involve the emission of enormous quantities of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere as waste, and there is concern that these may cause harmful changes in the world's climate. This article shows that most of the energy that is needed can, to the extent that us judged to be necessary, be provided without emission of carbon dioxide by ensuring abundance of grid electricity from nuclear and other CO2 free sources and by a combination of other measures that are discussed. (author)