«Substantial reductions in emissions are possible for both the U.S. and the rest of the world, but it will take herculean efforts and transforming the global energy system into one that does not use
the sky as a waste dump,» Caldeira said.
And, of course, we need to stop using the sea and
sky as waste dumps for our carbon dioxide pollution.»
Economists estimate it will only take a few per cent of GDP to transform our energy system into one that does not use
the sky as a waste dump.
Not exact matches
Rather than articulating the need to phase out technologies that use that atmosphere
as a
waste dump, the PCAST report recommends the expansion of a natural gas industry whose existence depends on us allowing them to pollute our
skies.
From the grayed - out countrysides over which the
sky has closed like a lid; to the drizzly neon decadence of Los Angeles; to a San Diego refashioned
as a
waste dump worthy of Wall - E; to the Ozymandian wreckage of Las Vegas — the film is a splendor of the first order.
Where one person sees the majesty of human invention, another sees the excessive gaseous
waste being
dumped into our
skies on a daily basis (some even see it
as a nationalistic tribute to our great nation).