Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Global warning
One of the reputable members of the MSM is reporting the usually-overlooked point that animals contribute more to global warming than suvs and hair spray. The redoubtable Christian Science Monitor includes this article, picked up by several wire services, which should be read and absorbed before more of the ridiculousness runs even further amok. (Of course they feature a piece about the price of dealing with gw vs. not dealing with it, amusingly enough concluding that it will be an earth-shattering (pun intended), whopping enormous . . . 5% difference in the GDP worldwide. Forgive me, but that sounds miniscule especially when you consider that some places will have improved crop production, meaning a possible further lessening of that figure. And last week the CSM ran an article about adapting to a warmer globe, something I've been wondering about. Whether warming is temporary or permanent, whether it's short-term or long-term, geographers and business planners and engineers need to plan for its eventuality, from an adaptive point of view. We are not babies waiting for a bunch of Universe Parents to take care of us, after all. Or, anyway, we shouldn't be.
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