What's next? Fear and Hope: Hal Harvey at TEDxSanDiego 2013

The mathematics of climate change can be a scary thing. With extreme weather activity happening all over the world, we are finding increased summer temperatures, floods and droughts becoming more prevalent and seemingly unavoidable. We are not equipped to handle these extremes and it can be physically impossible to deal with them on some levels. What needs to be done? While the numbers are scary, Harvey is one of the few people in the climate change movement focusing on progress: as the technology improves, prices come down and usage goes up. While we need to act now, Harvey points us to a possible future with alternative energy that's grounded in facts, not hype.


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