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In July 2019, eleven European countries experienced the hottest temperatures ever recorded since record keeping began in 1833. Record highs reached 102.9° F in Netherlands, 106.7°F in Germany, 104.4°F in Belgium, 114.6F in France, and 100.5°F in the UK., Daily temperatures of over 50% of all countries were set in the 2000-2019 period. Global temperatures are expected to increase markedly in the next several decades due to global warming which has paralleled increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations that have increased from 280 ppm in 1940 to over 405 ppm today. In the US temperatures have increased 1.9 °F since record keeping began in 1895.
Wildfires have burned more acreage in the western US due to higher temperatures and lower humidity, heat waves have become more frequent and intense in the west, It is clear that we are experiencing global warming caused by substantially increased atmospheric CO2 levels. We can no longer solve the problem by simply using renewable energy sources such as windmills and solar power that intermittently produce power and rely on batteries or biomass base load generation. Atmospheric CO2 as well as dissolved oceanic CO2 must be removed to halt ocean acidification and global warming. We must find a way of inexpensively removing CO2 from the atmosphere without using land based biomass production or displacing food production while using a minimum amount of energy.