A Plan to Keep Carbon in Check the world's coal, oil and natural gas industries dig up and pump

out about 7 billion tons of carbon a year 14 billion tons of carbon a year in 2056 to lower carbon intensity as societies get richer, the ser ice sector grows in importance relati e to energy intensi e acti ities such as steel production !ars will be dri ing in 2056 each dri en on a erage 10,000 miles a year with gas "0 mpg a year spewing out 2 bill tons of carbon e en with energy efficient technology the world will need power plants which will need to be carbon smart ones that capture the !#2$ 15 ways to ma%e a wedge & 1$ increase fuel economy of 2 bill cars from "0 to 60 mpg & 2$ dri e two billion cars not 10,000 but 5,000 miles a year at "0 mpg & "$ cut electricity use in homes, offices and stores by 25' & 4$ raise efficiency at 1,600 large coal&fired plants from 40 to 60' & 5$ replace 1,400 large coal&fired plants with gas&fired plants &6$ instal !!( at )00 large coal&fired power plants & 7$ install !!( at coal plants that produce hydrogen for 1$5 billion ehicles & )$ *nstall !!( at coal&to syngas plants & +$ ,dd twice today's nuclear output to displace coal & 10$ *ncrease windpower 40 field to displace coal & 11$ *ncrease solar power 700 fold to displace coal & 12$ *ncrease wind power )0 fold to ma%e hydrogen for cars & 1"$ -ri e two billion cars on ethanol using one si.th of world cropland & 14$ (top all deforestation &15$ /.pand conser ation tillage to 100' of cropland Action Plan re0uire institutions that reliably communicate a price for present and future carbon emissions price needed to 1ump start this transition 2100 to 200 per ton of carbon 3range would ma%e it cheaper for owners of coal plants to capture and store !#2 rather than ent it4 2100 per ton of carbon is 212 per barrel of oil and 260 perton of coal&fired 25 cents per gallon of gasoline and 2 cents per %ilowatt&hour of electricity from coal$ 5he amount of !arbon -io.ide in the air has become way too much o er the past couple of years$ ,s population grows more food needs to be transported, more cars are on the street, more industries are being build, and more harm is being added to the earth$ -ue to human's careless ways, we ha e managed to destroy the precious things we once had, now they are nothing but a memory$ 6e don't ha e clean air anymore it is now filled with to.ins and pollutants, sea life is dying due to our actions including the ways we' e produced too much carbon$ 5his article mainly states about the things we can do to lower our carbon emissions and how if we don't do it now we will face problems in the future$ *n the article 15 wages were stated$ 6hat these are, are 15 solutions to help decrease our carbon emissions$ 5hese are the 15$ increase fuel economy of 2 bill cars from "0 to 60 mpg, dri e two billion cars not 10,000 but 5,000 miles a year at "0 mpg, cut electricity use in homes, offices and stores by 25', raise efficiency at 1,600 large coal&fired plants from 40 to 60', replace 1,400 large coal&fired plants with gas&fired plants, instal !!( at )00 large coal&fired power plants, install !!( at coal plants that produce hydrogen for 1$5 billion ehicles, *nstall !!( at coal&to syn gas plants, ,dd twice today's nuclear output to displace coal, *ncrease wind power 40 field to displace coal, $ *ncrease solar power 700 fold to displace coal, *ncrease wind power

)0 fold to ma%e hydrogen for cars, -ri e two billion cars on ethanol using one si.th of world cropland, stop all deforestation, and or to e.pand conser ation tillage to 100' of cropland$ 5hese are the many options we can do to help lower our carbon emissions$ *n order to proceed with this pro1ect it will re0uire institutions that reliably communicate a price for present and future carbon emissions$ * thin% this article was ery interesting it stated what needed to be done and it didn't 1ust gi e you three or four solutions, but 15 which * thought was great$ 7eople need to be more aware of how important it is to lower the carbon emission because of the effects it has on not only us, but the animals$ 5his world was not made to sustain humans %illing it, we need to treat it the way we would treat our home$ 8owering !#2 is a great way to start to begin cleaning up the en ironment$

(o 6hat9 *t's important to be aware that there are solutions to the problems we' e created$ 6ith lower !#2 emissions there is new technology and strategies to lower it which will benefit us and the animals as well as the plants$ 6hat *f$$9 *f we don't ma%e an effort to lowering carbon emissions now we will face ser er conse0uences in the future$ 7robably the ma1ority of sea life will be dead and the air would be e en more polluted than what it is now$

(ays 6ho9 5his article was written by :obert ;$ (ocolow and (tephen 6$ 7acala, but other researchers and scientists contributed to the article as well$

6hat -oes 5his :emind <e #f9 5his reminds me of the film we watched about sa ing water$ 5he only difference here is we are trying to get rid of carbon dio.ide$ =ut both are trying to sa e the earth which is great$