Now this is more like it. Disease, flooding, desertification. Sounds like a party.
“The system is stable and reacts in a linear fashion as long as threshold values are not crossed…”
…But then, bam! Abrupt climate change. I haven’t really cared about America’s ecological short-sightedness since high school. I mean, there are only so many things you can be angry about at once. So I’ve been looking at it with a sort of disinterested shrug of my shoulders. Yeah, I know we’re causing global warming. I ride my bike. I turn off the lights when I leave the room. Maybe I’ll get a fuel-cell car if they ever become available. On the other hand, damn! If we really are going to get serious about non-polluting fuel sources, I’d better get myself that Chevy Nova while it’s still legal!
So I read these news articles with a sadistic little smirk. When the thermohaline circulation shuts down, the oceans rise, forests migrate northwards, temperatures increase 5 to 10 degrees over a 10 year period, island nations are submerged, coastal properties are washed away, economies collapse, etc, I won’t be the one who’s surprised.
“If one is tugging on the dragon’s tail with little notion of how much agitation is required to wake him, one must be prepared for the unexpected. “
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urn Says:
Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at 2:07 pm.
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Mr. Bread Says:
Tuesday, August 6, 2002 at 9:39 pm.
It’s interesting to notice how living in New York, and feeling so utterly disconnected from the environment, I’ve become rather unconcerned with matters like garbage, cars, aerosol cans, noise, and their detrimental effects on the environment.
At the same time, I notice a little more that the focus of many “environmentalists” is on keeping the current enviroment in place forever, without any changes, which seems a little foolhardy.
Spooky stuff, this climate change. The phrase “tropical disease” sends chills down my spine.
Elliotzilla Says:
Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 3:33 pm.
Uhhh…
Obey Fojar!
Elliotzilla Says:
Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 3:34 pm.
Uhhh…
Obey Fojar!
m___s Says:
Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 5:24 pm.
yeah, dude, being in New York you’re under too much pressure to recycle. On the other hand, everyone in equally dense Tokyo recycles religiously. It’s because they have to — there’s no place to put all the junk when you live on an island with so many people and so little space. As for the environmentalists not wanting ecological change, sure, whatever; I don’t care. What do you propose? I’m interested in the implication that you have a vision for the earth’s future ecology.
steve Says:
Thursday, August 8, 2002 at 11:36 pm.
heh, maybe if you never leave your house.. even in my brief stints walking around manhattan (and i’m not saying i’m privy to any special knowledge whatsoever - i encourage you all to do the same; it’s a neat place to visit!) i found important reminders of life _everywhere_. dude, you’re surrounded by WATER, by the frickin OCEAN. how can you be disconnected from the environment when you’re practically swimming in it?
Mr. Bread Says:
Sunday, August 11, 2002 at 10:56 pm.
I recycle because it’s important to me and it’s compulsory: if you don’t, they don’t pick up your trash and you get fined.
However, Mayor Bloomberg just cut out glass and plastic recycling because it costs the city money instead of making money, like metal and paper.
As far as ecological changes go . . . I was referring only to the fact that I get the impression from some or most environmentalists that they believe we can take steps to keep the world from changing, and that we will stop extinction, climate change, and possibly even tectonic plate movement.
However, bear in mind that this is based on almost no research or knowledge in the field whatsoever . . . so I’m just talking outta my ass.
Mr. Bread Says:
Sunday, August 11, 2002 at 10:57 pm.
Yeah. But I really don’t leave my house.
And you learn to ignore just about everything here, so I don’t really notice the trees, water, or birds anymore except when pigeons get in my way.
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