According to a new study, one of the major causes of global warming, the increasing carbon dioxide emissions, cannot be stabilized unless the world’s economy collapses completely or the society successfully generates 300 giga watts of nuclear power annually.

Tim Garrett, who is an associate professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Utah, has conducted this new study. He has said in the study that it seems unlikely that there will be any substantial near-term departure from the recently observed acceleration in carbon dioxide emission rates.

In order to stabilize the carbon dioxide emissions at current rates, approximately 300 giga watts of power, through some new non-carbon-dioxide-emitting way, is required on a daily basis.

However, in reality, there are no other options available that do not cause any harm to the economy. The fact is that if the society uses up no energy, there would be no civilization.

According to him, the civilization must be seen like a heat engine that uses up energy and in turn, does work in the form of economic production, which then stimulates it to consume more energy.

Thus if the society used up no energy, the civilization would become worthless. In order to keep its activities going, the civilization needs to consume energy on a daily basis.

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