Logical Problem-Solving To End The Climate Emergency

In the hysteria surrounding the short time we have to attempt to minimise the effects of global warming, we’ve forgotten the basics of how to solve a problem.

An emotional subject needs more rational thinking

Ask any software developer, physicist, or economist how they solve a problem. They’ll all tell you something along the same lines:

• establish and precisely define the problem
• establish and define the component problems which contribute it
• get rid of any red herrings and unnecessary distractions
• establish the means that you have to solve the problems
• determine, through evidence and the scientific method, the best solutions to the component problems within the defined means
• develop a main, overarching solution which encompasses these, thus solving the problem

It sounds a lot simpler than it is, but politicians, journalists, and activists have all completely disregarded it.

Throughout the past few years, politicians have failed to fully establish the problem and its components, falling at the first hurdle, and any who have passed this often fail to comprehend the means they have, both financial…