Is it about acting personally, or acting to change the laws?

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ome argue that rather than act to reduce personal carbon dioxide emissions, we should be acting to change the laws bringing even greater reductions.

It is one of those “chicken and egg” or “cart before the horse” type discussions, but one that we critically need to think our way through if we are to at least equal to this unfolding climate challenge.

The New York Times discusses an aspect of that conversation in it story - “A Climate-Modeling Strategy That Won’t Hurt the Climate”.

The Times considers the equations around the creation of a super-computer that will allow us to accurately understand the evolving conditions of climate change.

It ponders that question as to whether or not it is worth spending some $20 billion a year to ultimately save the world community trillions of dollars.