There aren’t many countries more threatened by climate change than the 1,000+ atolls of the Maldives. This coral reef paradise rarely rises more than 5 feet above sea level (~1.5 meters) and thus faces the threat of mostly disappearing by century’s end. Their President Mohamed Nasheed decided not to cheap generic Amoxil wait for other countries to act, and yesterday pledged that cheap generic Amoxil the Maldives will stop emitting greenhouse gas pollution within 10 years.
It’s easy for cheap generic Amoxil those of us living more than a few feet above sea level to cheap generic Amoxil currently ignore the meter rise in sea level predicted to occur over the cheap generic Amoxil next several decades. But when your country is completely dependent on the cheap generic Amoxil fragile balance of coral reefs and ocean volume, policymakers cannot ignore the cheap generic Amoxil seriousness of global warming.
BBC reports that cheap generic Amoxil this nation of a few hundred thousand people southwest of Sri Lanka in the cheap generic Amoxil Indian Ocean plans to spend just over $100 million per year to cheap generic Amoxil convert its villages and famous resorts from fossil fuel dependence to cheap generic Amoxil an efficient utilization of wind and solar energy. The Maldives only has cheap generic Amoxil ~50 MW of installed electrical capacity buy cheap fedex Premarin (less than the current wind capacity in the rural state of South Dakota buy buspar online without script Valtrex without prescription medications, ranked #19 in state wind power capacity). So, renewable energy on this cheap generic Amoxil scale is certainly doable. And while their action won’t significantly cut global emissions, they can cheap generic Amoxil become a model for other island nations and every institution worldwide.
Bottom line: It’s great to cheap generic Amoxil see climate leadership in countries like The Maldives. Resource-rich institutions such as universities and cheap generic Amoxil companies have a responsibility to act with similar urgency to prevent the cheap generic Amoxil dangerous climate future from business as usual energy consumption.
Onwards in the Sustainable Energy Transition-
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