Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Coping With the Climate Crisis. The temperature in our world is absolutely ever-gradually rising. This is a result of our own success in polluting technology. Industry, transportation, cooling and heating of our living quarters. There are two approaches to this problem: The first is to temporarily alleviate the great heat-- Planting more trees, covering irrigation canals with solar panels, Painting all rooftops white, lightening black asphalt with coatings, Photovoltaic panels, batteries, solar box cooking, Using methane production from human waste to burn for energy. But these are only environmental bandages. The second and ultimate effort must be to radically change our technology To less polluting systems and attitudes therewith in how we basically live. This change will take willpower, But it is a must for a comfortable and successful future. Frank Maurer 9 April 2024 0825 Hours.