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Some interesting comments
We posted something similar a couple of weeks previously and received some interesting comments:
http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2007/12/18/is-sea-level- ...
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On Sea levels may rise five feet by 2100 posted 1 year, 10 months ago 6 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
It's a bigger picture
True, in the Western world food is a smaller part of our income than ever before, but that doesn't mean that the whole world can afford increases in food prices. Increasing food prices will most likely be devastating for much of the third world.
It will also seriously affect Western lifestyles already under threat from unhealthy diets as a result of heavily processed food.
We will be eating more junk, while much of the world won't be eating much at all..On Why "the end of cheap food" isn't automatically a good thing posted 1 year, 10 months ago 7 Responses
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Looking on the bright side
The EU have demonstrated that someone can demonstrate leadership. The Australians have demonstrated that democracy can deliver big changes. And the UN are doing a reasonable job of encouraging the whole progress. We'll probably get there some day..
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On Bali'd posted 1 year, 11 months ago 4 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Kyoto 2
The lack of general agreement risks a worst case scenario where we end up with another Kyoto giving us the worst of both worlds - expensive to implement, and ultimately useless..
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On Second-to-last issue of the Bali ECO newsletter posted 1 year, 11 months ago 6 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Being green is easy, convincing the world isn't.
You are right - moving to a green world is definitely achievable. What's not going to be achievable is the diplomatically unprecedented task of convincing the whole world to agree on making some real changes.
We've just posted a blog entry on this subject: http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2007/12/12/the-way-ahead ...On Michael Gelobter argues that the hair-shirtists need to give it a rest posted 1 year, 11 months ago 3 Responses