https://ppbook.atg-host.com/ (“https://ppbook.atg-host.com”) A Possible Planet The Book A Possible Planet: Preface A Possible Planet: Introduction Starting in the Middle Contents Introduction: The Earth in Our Hands Chapter 1: What’s Now Possible Chapter 2: Turning Points in Our Thinking about the Earth Chapter 3: Earth Awareness Chapter 4: Transforming Our Collective Subconscious Chapter 5: Abandoning the Dream of Modernity Chapter 6:… Read more →
Month: June 2025
Conclusions: What Should an Intelligent and Humane Immigration Policy Actually Look Like?
When I was growing up, moving from one country to another was not a very difficult thing. Yes, you needed to get a visa, and a residency permit, but these were not impossible to come by. We lived in Mexico, in France, in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada before returning to the United States in 1991. It was no big… Read more →
Conclusions: A Foot in Two Worlds
Driving around in small-town America, it’s hard to imagine that this all could collapse. The momentum of modern culture is enormous. But as Buckminster Fuller reminded us, there is often a trimtab that can enable the giant rudder to alter the course of a large ship, and if we know how to move that trimtab we can eventually change the… Read more →
Chapter 5: Can We Restore the Climate?
The escalating climate crisis has prompted a reevaluation of our goals and strategies. While achieving net-zero emissions is crucial, it may not suffice to ensure a livable future. The concept of climate restoration, championed by physicist and entrepreneur Peter Fiekowsky, advocates for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations to pre-industrial levels, thereby restoring the climate conditions under which humanity has historically… Read more →
Revised Chapter 3: Restoring the Carbon Balance and Rethinking Climate Solutions
The Earth’s carbon cycle is a delicate system, long in balance before human industrial activity began to disrupt it. This natural system regulates the flow of carbon between the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and biosphere. For most of Earth’s history, it maintained a relatively stable climate, allowing life to flourish. But since the onset of the fossil-fuel age, we have been… Read more →
Chapter 4: Mitigating the Climate Crisis — The Global Carbon Reward
In the face of escalating climate challenges, innovative economic strategies are essential to drive meaningful change.One such proposal is the Global Carbon Reward (GCR), conceptualized by Delton Chen, which introduces a novel approach to incentivizing carbon mitigation efforts through financial rewards. Understanding the Carbon Cycle and Its Imbalance The Earth’s carbon cycle involves the movement of carbon among the atmosphere,… Read more →
Chapter 3: Rebalancing the Carbon Cycle
A Reckoning with Urgency and Innovation The Earth’s carbon cycle is profoundly out of balance. After thousands of years of relative stability, human activity—primarily the burning of fossil fuels and large-scale deforestation—has driven atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to heights not seen in millions of years. Rebalancing the carbon cycle is no longer a question of whether we can afford to… Read more →