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Think long and prosper
Jul 20, 2009Are we being too short term in our thinking on green issues?
Understandably, the environmental agenda is set by what can be achieved in our children or grandchildren's lifetimes, if not our own (say the next 100 years).
There are plenty of scientists out there who'll tell us we're due another ice age . This may not be in the next 100 years, but possibly the next few thousand. So in the long-term our impact is puny, unless supposedly 'clean' nuclear power is counted. Sure, it may well be clean in terms of emissions, but this guy, Alan Weisman, says that in the
It certainly puts the focus on carbon emissions in perspective.
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Green window-dressing
Jul 13, 2009
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I've been bothered lately by what appears to be window-dressing on green issues. There seems to be a lot of posturing by big countries on the issue.No one doubts that many are sincere, but this BBC News article shows that even the G8 appear happy to discuss targets on carbon emissions but when it comes to details or a 'road-map' (inappropriate metaphor) things get a bit hazy.
On top of a recent programme on 'green-washing' BBC3’s
Let me know what you think about this?
