16.03.07
the good sides of climate change
people are whispering it in boston, too. 'all this global warming is not too bad, really. at least for us... considering the mild winter we're getting this year.'
der spiegel has an interesting chat with climatologist hans von storch, who thinks that climate change is not all that bad. in the interview he says, among others, stuff like this:
The fear of climatic catastrophes is an ancient one and not unlike our fear of strangers. In the past, people believed that the climate almost always changes for the worse, and only rarely for the better -- God's punishment for sinful behavior. And nowadays it's those hedonistic wastrels who pollute the air so that they can look at some pretty fish in the South Seas. It would be better if we only ever rode bikes. Oh, there's always someone wagging a finger in disapproval.
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content here by guy hoffman .. as seen times since march 2004
Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:30
you're just the king of "everyone's fears are irrational," aren't you.
- ceerock
Wed, 30 May 2007 18:06
I actually never saw what was wrong with climate change in the first place. The worst estimates of sea-level rise put the figure at a couple of centimeters... On the plus side, increased growing seasons in the tropics, milder weather in the temperate regions... The Romans used to grow wine in Britain, a concept that seems laughable in today's climate. Climate change is not new, and largely not our fault.
- sconzey