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James Greyson

Apr 9, 2014
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Thanks Huynh, Finding big errors can be a way to design big solutions! May I suggest summarising analysis of the errors in just a paragraph or two and focus more on presenting your proposed actions. Best regards James

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 9, 2014
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Yes , please . Wait 100 days is too long .... Is there a chance Advisors , Fellows , come back soon so they can read this proposal ? We need to warn people . We actually need a article to warn 7 billions people and their governments . A some thousand years old errors . Best regards . Huynh . Dear God , please help me .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 9, 2014
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Oh , I understand now . I will make it short .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 10, 2014
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Dear , blindspotter , summary only allow 2000 character , can you help me increase the lengh to more than 12 character . 1 or 2 paragraphs summary require a lot of character . Thank you

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 10, 2014
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Sorry . More than 12 000 characters summary .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 14, 2014
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Finished all .

James Greyson

Apr 15, 2014
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Sorry I still found it hard to read what are the errors and proposed solutions that you define. The large amount of text and images made it hard for me to pick out your key points. Nice approach though to define big opportunities from big errors!

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 15, 2014
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Basically, all the building and paving, which civilization does, is reducing the planet’s natural ability to soak up CO2 . Environmental laws don’t focus on the “already stored carbon” (soil + biomass such as trees/plants/grasses, roots, insects, microbes, and even animals), nor do those laws focus upon the “natural” or previous or new absorption RATES by the biosphere of ambient levels of carbon (current and new emissions) in the atmosphere. I will try my best to explain : Earth = a set of countries and each countries = a set of locations . We know how much CO2 sea absorb , how much CO2 rain forest , ..... many more huge things but we don't know how much CO2 the location we live absorb ( our house , our office ) - and environmental law , green standard never force us to calculate how much CO2 our environment absorb before and after we build buildings . This is errors of environmental laws . And basically our environment absorb less CO2 than before we build buildings . And our scientists never calculate or research how much CO2 environment absorb before / after we build the buildings , bigger or smaller , if it’s smaller this is a chance , huge chance to defeat Climate Change because of smaller absorbing CO2 reason/errors of environment of our house , roads , buildings = set of locations of each countries = set of countries = Earth Ex : we use 50 acres for 1 building + grassland in front of building. Total area = 50 acres = 24 acres for building , 26 acres for grassland ( This is NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction example ) If 50 acres area = 50 acres of forest which 300 trees per acres so if we use 24 acres for building locations , we destroy ( 1 tree absorb 48 lbs CO2 per year ) 24acres * 300* 48 lbs = 345600 lbs CO2 per year. So because of our 24 acres building , our environment absorb less 345600 lbs CO2 than the environment before we build the building . This is a error if WE DON’T FIND A LOCATIONS AND PLANT 6 , 7 TREMBESI WHICH MAKE OUR ENVIRONMENT ABSORB CO2 VALUE AT LEAST EQUAL OR BIGGER THAN ENVIRONMENT OF THE PAST . Next is 26 acres of grassland in front of our building – present environment ( or NOAA CWCP example ) , it will absorb CO2 equal with past environment which contain 26 acres * 300 trees * 48 lbs CO2 = 374400 lbs or not ? If present environment doesn’t absorb CO2 equal with the past environment or smaller , that is 3rd errors . https://www.climatecolab.org/web/guest/plans/-/plans/contestId/1300403/planId/4101 My proposal actions are only focus on a manuscript , an article so a magazine , scientific magazine , a website , a organization officially talk about it . This is warning process . Unless all government officially confirm environment laws , green standard , were wrong , governmental organizations of architectures were wrong when design their cities , countries than we can have a chance to design our countries again – golden opportunity to make Earth soak / store / CO2 .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 15, 2014
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A manuscript , an article to warn people only , but I have a problem , and 1 member of science forum show me : " The authority of an author ...or how much credibility that author has... is a major factor in getting a manuscript published. Unless you are an established scientist, who has already been accepted as a "co-author" on other scientific papers or manuscripts, then you generally don't have enough authority to even be accepted into the "peer-review process," which is the first part of scientific publishing. In general.... The best you could hope for currently, is to write a "letter to the editor" of some magazines, and even newspapers; and hope somebody will print your information, observations, and recommendations. And making it short and easy-to-understand is key to getting anything accepted for general publication. You might do best by just copying quotes from other sources, that also see the same solutions, and then arrange them into a short and simple thesis " No one can solve Global Serious Errors of Design alone . No one . Warning process is the first thing must be finished .

James Greyson

Apr 16, 2014
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Thanks. Sounds like this is the error you define, "green standards never force us to calculate how much CO2 our environment absorb before and after we build buildings"? For the actual proposal it sounds like you are choosing between writing an article or proposing a method "to design our countries again – as a golden opportunity to make Earth soak / store / CO2", including tree planting? Of these the 2nd option sounds ideal.

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 16, 2014
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" Environmental laws , Green standards never force us to calculate how much CO2 our environment absorb before and after we build buildings " And we build our cities , towns some thousand years without knowledge about how much CO2 plants of the location where we build buildings . We must focus on this problem because this is Climate Change age , and soak more CO2 is what we need . I proved by some EPA , NOAA CWCP buildings . This problem should be officially confirm correct by government first , architectures , scientist . 'to design our countries again – as a golden opportunity to make Earth soak / store / CO2', including tree planting ' by a good reasons with some examples which I prove by data . I need a manuscript , but I'm not good enough to write it short , I only can prove by data , numbers , but can't make it short , because no one do this before . No one . You can ask environmental scientist , ask them do they know this truth or not .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 16, 2014
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Most of architectures , legislators , environmental scientist only design , advice build cities , town with 30% park , green space , .... 70% for buildings . No one calculate to see how they damage environment by absorbing CO2 index . If a family have a normal house and they want to increase absorbing CO2 index after they destroyed environment to build the house , it cost 10 USD only , if pice of 1 trembesi is 5 USD . Actually , online price = 2.5 USD . I need a manuscript to warn people , so i need protecting environment organization confirm I were right or wrong . If they confirm I were right , than we can have a chance to defeat Climate Change . 1 EPA in USA confirm I were right , all protecting environment organization , all others countries must think about their countries with environmental laws , ...... In the end , is begin to make Earth soak more CO2 . I went to all science forums just because I need to warn members , and find someone help . I come here just because of that reason too .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 16, 2014
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2nd option sound ideal ? I will explain it . First , the example I use here is NOAA CWCP , EPA buildings . If an people can read article about this problem , so what will happen next ? Reporters read article Climate Change and Global serious Errors of Design , than they go to US EPA , ask the representations of US EPA and they can ask all US EPA employees about the problem in the article , all of them can not comment anything . US EPA’s prestige is down . But reporters and communications systems will not focus on US EPA only , next target is all US government’s buildings . And communication systems focus on all governement and their buildings around the world . If government don’t fix the errors of the buildings , THEY CAN STOP TELL US PROTECT ENVIRONMENT , CLIMATE CHANGE . Law maker will have to fix the problem in law system . Or US EPA and US don’t fix the problem so they face vox populi ? Can they ? And other governments too , can they face vox populi of their countries ? I think they can’t . Law system of the world must change , that is a history . Even these things not happen in the future , the law , green standard need to be changed to make Earth in the future absorb CO2 ................ ............................. Population of human is increasing every day , they will build a lot of house , roads , ..... They deserve to know this truth . Went to science forums and come here to warn people , that's all I can do . No one help . I finished my road .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 16, 2014
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I need to fix 1 things : to fix errors of design by tree planting with a logical reason . Logical reason . When people know about this logical reason , how many people can fix problem of their house ? I don't know . But type facebook environment group , you will have 906.000.000 result https://www.facebook.com/ewg.org with 310k likes . So if 10% of 310k members have private house , they can fix problem of 31k houses . If 1 family have 1 house , and they plants 4 trembesis for their house , as i advice , the total CO2 will be absorbed = 28.4 * 4* 31000 = 3521600 tons CO2 when Trembesi become adult . http://www.ask.com/question/how-many-members-does-greenpeace-have http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/faq_old/questions-about-greenpeace-in/ How Many Members Does Greenpeace Have? Greenpeace, a global organisation that works on environmental issues, has 2.8 million supporters worldwide. It has national/regional offices in 41 countries around the world. Its headquarters are based in Amsterdam. And how many Environment Group we can find on internet , facebook , Twitter , I don’t know . So if 10% of 2.8 millions members have private house , they can fix problem of 280k houses . If 1 family have 1 house , and they plants 4 trembesis for their house , as i advice , the total CO2 will be absorbed = 28.4 * 4* 280000 = 31808000 tons CO2 when Trembesi become adult . How many Green buildings owners can fix their problem if they know they had problems ? I don’t know , but they have about 65,697 results according to http://www.usgbc.org/projects . We have 19 countries have Green building Councils , not 1 There are about 125000 schools in US and this is where we learn we should protect environment . If someone help me with this manuscript , a newspaper publish it . And than a school will plants some trees to restore environment . After they plant trees to restore the environment , they plant 1 more tree : Trembesi (Samanea saman) , Carbon dioxide is absorbed reaches 28.488,39 kg/year. If 125 000 school do this sample thing , we have : 125 000 * 28.5 = 3562500 tons CO2 is absorbed after 15 years , when trees became mature trees . But according to : http://www.ask.com/question/how-many-schools-are-in-the-world http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_schools_are_in_the_world?#slide=3 We have 100 millions school in the world , after they restore the environment of the past by planting some trees , if only 50% school have enough money to plants more trees , 1 more tree for each school : 50 000 000 * 28.5 = 1 425 000 000 tons CO2 per years . We emit about 29 gigatons CO2 per years . According to http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_skyscrapers_are_there_in_the_world?#slide=3 There are 85767 skycrappers in the world : http://www.ask.com/question/how-many-hospitals-worldwide If after the owners of skycrappers restore the environment of the past by planting some trees , they have money to plant each skycrapper 1 more tree - trembesi : 85767 * 28.5 = 244359.5 tons CO2 per year . Than we have many hotels , motel , hospitals , resorts , industrial areas , factories , theatres , police stations , courts , ......... in the world . They can do it . IF 1 factory emit 365 tons CO2 per year , after they plant some trembesi because of position of the factory , they need more 365 tons CO2 / 28.5 = 13 trees . I think it cost not to much money . An the most important is our houses . How many house in the world can restore the environment of the past and plant 1 more trembesi for each house ? How many factory , company want a perfect Trembesi solution , I don't know .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 17, 2014
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We don't design our cities , town , again , it cost a lot of money , we just find a suitable locations , plant trees make Earth absorb CO2 at least equal with the past . Trembesi Wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albizia_saman For example of University of Texas : If University of Texas want to restore the environment and we use Trembesi to absorb CO2 : 58152712 kg CO2 / 28488 = 2042 Trembesi trees . University of Texas at Dallas : http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/9/20-1...us_article.html If plant 1 trees need 5 USD so plant 2042 trees need 5 * 2042 = 10210 USD . UTD has 19000 students , if all student and all emplyees of UTD donate 1 USD per , we can have 4084 Trembesi trees easily . And every year , all people donate 1 USD is enough to take care 4084 Trembesi trees ( We make a better environment when we make environment absorb more CO2 than the past , perhaps ) For NOAA CWCP NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction : Absorb 415200 lbs CO2 = 188727 lbs CO2 . We use Trembesi : 188727 lbs CO2 / 28488 lbs CO2 = 6 trees NOAA CWCP have 800 employees so all 800 employees of NOAA CWCP should plant 800 trees for a better environment .

James Greyson

Apr 19, 2014
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Great - in your comments above you have both a concise outline of the problem and a concise description of your proposed tree planting solution. Use this to make a concise proposal?

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 19, 2014
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Thank you for helping me . Really thank you . I will do it . Now I understood you're helping me . Thank you !!!

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 21, 2014
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I edited summary , made it shorter , but must contain 3 examples because I need some proofs . I edited proposed action shorter . Hope you like it

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 21, 2014
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And because decrease CO2 and increase absorb/soak/store OC2 at the same time is faster than just only decrease CO2 so I have to include it in the summary . Thank you .

Huynh Phu Dat

Apr 29, 2014
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Before we build government buildings , we destroy plants can absorb 1000 lbs CO2 , after we build the buildings , the law don't force us plants some trees which can absorb 1000 lbs CO2 . 7 billions people , no one do this . Global Serious error of design if we focus on absorbing CO2 of environment before and after we build buildings .

Mark Johnson

May 24, 2014
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Again, you've earned an A for Effort and delivered an intuitive, fact-based hypothesis. Your situational assessment facts involve land mass, CO2 absorbtion rates by element/entity and much more that you've defined. In effect, you've provided an "Enterprise Emissions Architecture." Keep up the good work. Seems we should be contacting the USA EPA policy people on this! Also, contact the ISO HQ in Switzerland and develop an ISO standard based on your good work!

Huynh Phu Dat

May 25, 2014
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I contacted US EPA many months ago , all I had is a automatic replied email . Nothing more , perhaps because I'm not famous , not a well known scientist , just a amateur scientist . Than I contact US Green Building Council , they reply me with a promise R&D team will reply me , no thing more . Can you help me to contact US EPA or US Green Building or any organization , tell them about this problem ? I already try , but no one reply me , no one help . Wait 56 days until judge come is too late , what will happen if judge don't choose my proposal , 7 billions people don't have a chance to know problem of all countries .

Huynh Phu Dat

May 25, 2014
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Perhaps it also because I live in Vietnam too .

Mark Johnson

May 29, 2014
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Huynh - Received your email. Suggest you open the various EPA organizational links I sent you. Read about what each division/office is responsible for and then prepare a succinct letter summarizing your project approach and solution. You can sign the letter, scan it and pass to me to my home email. I can prepare a cover letter for both of us and then mail to the EPA addresses. What office(s) within the EPA do you think would be most interested? Mark

Huynh Phu Dat

May 30, 2014
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Just give me some minutes ....... I will do it now . I will never forget your help . Thank you , Mark Johnson .

Huynh Phu Dat

May 30, 2014
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I send an email to you with 2 example and some images . Hope you can help me warn EAP and next we can warn 7 billions people . Really hope !!!

Paulo Borges De Brito

Jun 2, 2014
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Very interesting. I would say that when you said I use google Earth because that's what is available. But not what " I like." What would be what you "like". Could you describe the data you would need ? Could you start your project with a step of gathering some data that you like too? That would be nice so that you could compare google Earth with the project's data. Paulo

Huynh Phu Dat

Jun 3, 2014
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Hello , Paulo This is the first time 1 person ask me a question like that . The buildings I want to analyze are not EPA buildings , NOAA CWCP , ...... . The buildings I want to analyze are White House , House of Parliament of USA , House of President , Prime Minister of many countries , United Nation buildings , NATO headquarter in Brussels , WHO headquarter , World Bank headquarter , IMF headquarter , Oxford , Cambridge , Cambridge , Yale , Harvard Universities ....... because analyzing buildings like these are better . The data I want , I need to move back 50 or 100 years before human build to much cities without knowledge of absorbing / storing / soak CO2 . This is IMPOSSIBLE right now without a help of government but sometimes there is ....... I CAN , MAY update my proposal if I think my update is good , meet my requirement . About Roads , forest policy . But I need to think carefully .

Huynh Phu Dat

Jun 3, 2014
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Forest policy require a lot of work . If we destroy 1 tree which absorb average 45 lbs Co2 per year , and plant 1 tree , young tree absorb small Co2 , about 18 lbs , 45 > 18 . Green standard , environmental law allow , accept this , this wrong things . My God ........ God Bless .

Mark Johnson

Jun 12, 2014
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Hello Huynh. Did you get my email regarding your proposal presentation to the EPA, we will present to 5 components within the EPA?

Shannon Cosentino-roush

Jun 12, 2014
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Very interesting! I learned a lot just in reading your submission. A few thoughts: 1. As was stated above,it seems like you have many good thoughts, but your proposed actions could be tightened up a bit and made more clear. For example, as was mentioned above, what are you proposing as a way for the environmental laws to ensure that when new buildings are constructed they offset any destruction of natural habitat with the creation of new habitat. Would it be best to do this through the Green Building Council? Mandating this for all construction through local/national government? 2. You propose the planting of Trembesi trees, but what about the importance of maintaining native vegetation? I can see planting these trees in areas where they may fit into the native ecosystem well, but you seem to propose planting them as a global remedy. 3. You seem to offer various levels of proposed actions from education to re-planting schemes. Perhaps you might consider clearly outlining these proposed actions in a tier or consolidating your proposal. Thanks for all of the eye-opening data you shared!

Huynh Phu Dat

Jun 13, 2014
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Hello Ecoelite and Scosentinoroush , Ecoelite , yes I had your email . You can send it , time to warn people even for me it's late . You know , before I come here , I have a conversation with some scientific forums , hope can find some help . No one help and than I found this contest . Scosentinoroush , 1 . ...... Green Building Council? On USGBC , they have 66k projects . This is international projects , problem , national problem , .... When governments confirm they have problem with environmental laws , it's better than 1 org confirm even all of them will fix the problem . 2. Trembesi VS native ecosystem . Climate Change = emergency . If native ecosystem absorb CO2 > 28.4 tons CO2 , I will choose them . Trembesi grow very fast and meet my standard . It's not a bad tree , live peacefully with other native ecosystem , live some hundreds years . If I have to choose between 28.5 tons CO2 for each 2.5 USD VS abundance of native ecosystem , 100% I will choose 28.5 tons CO2 for each 2.5 USD . 3. I begin with the most easiest places school and protecting organizations first before I think about governments . I don't like the working speed of governments .

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Scosentinoroush , I'm just a lonely man , not a lot of people support my proposal , I don't know what will happen if Judge don't choose my proposal . No chance to warn 7 billion people .... Ecoelite , Chad , thank you for helping me with your letter . God Bless . Thank you .

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Jun 13, 2014
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I update proposal with forest policy analyzing .

Manohar Lal Baharani

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Please see my comments under "Consumption of Products & Services". Thanks.

Huynh Phu Dat

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Proposal update : Trembesi VS tax VS diversity of natural systems .

Paulo Borges De Brito

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Thanks Huynh for your feedback. Paulo

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Update Agriculture , livestock , CO2 , methane , tax , solution . Really hope you will support my proposals .

Huynh Phu Dat

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Update : The Impact of Proposal “ Global Serious Errors of Design of the World , Environmental Laws “ on climate change with result : Absorb 2 329 559 574 804 tons CO2 > Emit 595 245 000 000 000 tons CO2 in 15 years , if 1 year we emit 39.683 billion tons CO2 .

Nicolas Hess

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Hey :-). In Germany you have to pay a tax on impervious surface because rain water then runs into the wastewater system. And if you build something on a area where trees of a certain age or size are staying, you have to pay for regrowth on a compensation area. So your Idea is some how already put into action by the Germans :-) - Congratulations!

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Hi Huynh, Thank you for submitting your proposal to the contest! Restoring nature is an important idea and you are right that it needs to be part of sustainability conversations in municipalities. In Somerville, the city facilitates and annual tree planting program to increase the number of trees along our streets. Your proposal would be strengthened if you answered the remaining questions (e.g. what are key benefits, what are the costs, etc.). Also, I realize you want this effort to be undertaken globally, but since this contest is specifically focused on Somerville, it would be helpful if you could incorporate city-specific actions or recommendations based on the background materials outlined in the "Resources" section. Thanks and I look forward to reading your revised proposal! Jamie