Going to the answer....
I was intending to get to this much later on in the series of posts. After reflecting on the initial comments where I keep promising more posts but not giving much away, I think I'm in danger of frustrating you patient readers. So here it is.
Future Posts....
I'm intending to take this down to one more level of detail over the next few weeks.
Intended way of working....
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Your comments....
are invaluable to me at this stage - I'm simply testing out something, which I have introduced to others in private and public meetings, and may be helpful to Mankind. What I do know for certain is that it will be wrong, but with your help it may improve sufficiently to be of use. It would be most helpful to the writer and other contributors if you placed your comments under the most relevant post.
The Framework Diagram....
- A delicate and isolated ecosystem....
Before looking at the square, please consider the first picture on this blog, of the earth, viewed from space on the last ever Apollo Mission. It shows that in cosmological terms our earth is minute. Most life takes place on the surface of this minute orb and extends a few 100s of metres above and below its surface. This biosphere is no more than a film on a tiny planet and extremely delicate. It is in constant movement and supports various cyclical processes which are highly balanced and interrelated. - The carbon cycle is life's provider....
The framework is centred on a renewed understanding of the carbon cycle, which many met at GCSE or O-level sciences. Organisms on the photosynthesis side of the carbon cycle consume CO2 and in so doing provide the living world with most of its nutriment. The living world, in turn, consumes that nutriment, during respiration, and returns the CO2 into the atmosphere. As I will demonstrate in my next, more detailed post, mankind, in its recent proliferation of the earth's surface has found carbon-bearing fuel outside the biosphere to meet its energy needs. In burning these fuels the carbon cycle is no longer in balance. This is leading to the biosphere increasing in overall temperature due to the greenhouse effect. - Man needs energy to survive....
The framework acknowledges that mankind needs sources of energy to exist, but recognises that Mankind might well be profligate in their use. Using carbon bearing fossil fuels is already disrupting the balance in the biosphere upon which life depends. - The ownership of energy production bestows enormous power on the few....
The framework recognises that energy production is part of very powerful economic and political system which is difficult to influence. This enormous power however is recognised by many potentially our saviour. - What do we really want and what is the wise thing to do...?
The framework recognises finally that all this energy fuelled activity is dedicated to what we really want - our desires and aspirations. What those are? Whether they are sustainable? Whether they should be sustainable? are all fundamental philosophical questions for us all. These large questions can appear daunting and too big to handle, but can be made highly practical. It is only then that members of Mankind - that's you and me, can make a difference.
The next post therefore will be on the carbon cycle, the very centre of ther framework....
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