Commentary: Climate change is a big problem. Citizens must demand many small solutions
by Hal Harvey and Justin Gillis, Los Angeles Times
Sep 21, 2022
4 minutes
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The world is on fire. The flames are hard to see, because we hide them so well. But you can hear them — in the whine of jet engines as planes streak across the sky, in the rumble of power plants as they send electricity surging over power lines, in the purr of your car engine as you drive to work.
Every person living in a well-off country contributes to the conflagration. When you and your neighbors turn on your lights at night, a coal- or gas-burning power plant somewhere will most likely increase its fuel use — just a smidgen — to supply the electricity.
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