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DESCRIPTION:Both COVID-19 and climate change are global and involve tempera
 ture increases.\n\nIf we wait for a crisis\, it will be too late. The “s
 tay in place” crisis response to the increase in COVID cases in March br
 ought about reductions within months.\n\nThe response time for a climate c
 risis could take a century\, which is the lifetime of the greenhouse gas C
 O 2 in our atmosphere. A climate crisis could be a 2 to 10-foot rise in se
 a level\, should an Antarctic ice sheet break off. We need to reduce CO 2 
 emissions now or swim later. “A stitch in time saves nine.” The COVID 
 “stay in place” restriction with reduced travel also lowered greenhous
 e gas emissions as much as 17%. Wearing masks and physical distancing is c
 ritical to saving lives and our economy.\n\nGovernment funding to deal wit
 h COVID unemployment could reduce climate change. Grants for more energy e
 fficient residences and businesses would create jobs for contractors. Simi
 lar funding could expedite the deployment of next generation small modular
  nuclear reactors. They are safer with half the construction cost. A MIT s
 tudy showed that a reactor buildup could de-carbonize electricity generati
 on in 30 years. A carbon fee plus dividend could reduce carbon emissions w
 ithout increasing the US national debt.\n\nSpeaker(s): Paul H. Carr\, PhD\
 , IEEE Life Fellow \, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/247629
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/247629
ORGANIZER:lorilee@ll.mit.edu
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SUMMARY:CONFRONT COVID-19 AND CLIMATE CHANGE NOW 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/247629
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Both COVID-19 and climate change are globa
 l and involve temperature increases.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>If we wait for a crisi
 s\, it will be too late. The &ldquo\;stay in place&rdquo\; crisis response
  to the increase in COVID cases in March brought about reductions within m
 onths.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The response time for a climate crisis could take a 
 century\, which is the lifetime of the greenhouse gas CO&nbsp\;<sub>2&nbsp
 \;</sub>in our atmosphere. A climate crisis could be a 2 to 10-foot rise i
 n sea level\, should an Antarctic ice sheet break off.&nbsp\; We need to r
 educe CO&nbsp\;<sub>2&nbsp\;</sub>emissions now or swim later. &ldquo\;A s
 titch in time saves nine.&rdquo\; &nbsp\;The COVID &ldquo\;stay in place&r
 dquo\; restriction with reduced travel also lowered greenhouse gas emissio
 ns as much as 17%. Wearing masks and physical distancing is critical to sa
 ving lives and our economy.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Government funding to deal with
  COVID unemployment could reduce climate change. Grants for more energy ef
 ficient residences and businesses would create jobs for contractors. Simil
 ar funding could expedite the deployment of next generation small modular 
 nuclear reactors. They are safer with half the construction cost.&nbsp\;A 
 MIT study showed that a reactor buildup could de-carbonize electricity gen
 eration in 30 years. A carbon fee plus dividend could reduce carbon emissi
 ons without increasing the US national debt. &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>
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