A major shift beyond fossil fuels

Capturing carbon dioxide from gasified coal or coal plant emissions and sequestering it in geological repositories is necessary for stabilizing atmospheric levels of the gas. If emissions continue increasing at the current rate for another decade, Earth may cross critical tipping points that push climate change out of control. It maybe more productive to focus on available technologies that could put the Earth on a path to very large carbon dioxide reductions. Energy audits of manufacturing plants and switching to fluorescent bulbs can reduce energy use but not nearly enough to avoid disastrous climate disruption.