Changing an economic system that is bent on uncontrolled and poorly measured economic growth and depends on fossil energy for its main objectives, is much more difficult than changing how nuclear energy is used for military purposes. Some think it may be impossible.

Carbon negative power plants can provide energy while they overcome poverty and change economic values in the right direction.

Trying to conserve a privileged global position makes change traumatic for the US.

We need a transformation of the world economy and of how we use and share the Earth's resources. We are running out of time. We are truly at the point of no return.

We know that the warming rising seas will swallow entire island nations that are about 25 percent of the UN vote and perhaps at the end, even our civilization. This realization is traumatic and the first reaction to trauma is denial. Since there is some remaining scientific uncertainty, a natural response is to deny that change is occurring. This is natural but it is very dangerous.

The sun is the source of all energy on planet Earth and we cannot experiment with our only energy source.

After denial comes anger and finally, acceptance.