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Save our planet ...with Nature's gas and atoms

If you are brave, watch this You Tube  clip . The approach to climate change advocated in this clip is sure to ruffle more than a few feathers. To dismiss this bloke's point of view simply because you don't like him, his party or where he comes from, or because considering such an approach might diminish the certainty of your current political aspirations and world view, is to not take seriously the importance and difficulty of the global climate problem. We have recently had a wake up call seeing the energy problems that Germany is now confronted with after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine,  because of its self inflicted energy dependence on Russia.  It seems that by not properly considering that its increased vulnerability, created by its over reliance on renewables causing a necessity for dependence on Russian gas for warmth and power, Germany has exposed its people to unnecessary and preventable discomfort and even real peril. This   is a lesson that the rest of the wor