Optimistic Storm

<p>A young sub-Saharan woman with a child slung on her back and three others at her side dreads going out into the blazing sun to walk 5 km to gather some wood to cook for her refugee family. And 800 million like her.</p><p><b>Climate Change Can be Stopped</b></p><p>We've failed to accept the terrifying consequences of climate change for fellow citizens young and old rich and poor. Experts say we face a global recession comparable to the Great Depression of 1929 but forever.<br />Asking the wealthy to change and experience austerity is naive. Focusing on doom and gloom will not lead to a change.</p><p><b>Change in Energy</b></p><p>The fourth era of energy started in the 1950s with the invention of the first practical solar panel and today in the 2020s we stand at the cusp of a transformative new century in energy and transport.<br />We've relied on molecule-based energy but now we move to unlimited and free electron-based energy. Energy is no longer fuel but technology.<br />In contrast to climate doomer narratives with little hope of stopping global emissions or the deliberate action of climate deniers we will explore how far we have moved to a zero-emission future that turns geopolitics on its head. Local energy takes back sovereignty and control from fossil fuel-rich countries and from corporations to individuals.</p><p><b>Change in Transport</b></p><p>The energy change will change transport. Along with artificial intelligence and human ingenuity transport will change from being individually owned to personalised public transport.<br />We will end our dependence on exploitive mineral extraction of Earth resources and that young woman and her family will be lifted from poverty to abundance.</p><p><b>Optimism</b></p><p>We are optimistic. Explore how we have a future of prosperity and sustainability. We have it for the taking if we realise the promise of human ingenuity and take control of our destiny.</p>