Silver Linings.
Congratulations to a good politician, although with some reservations, Brazil’s Minister of Environment Carlos Minc. Illegal logging is the bane of the Amazon forests. To make things worse, the government had allowed the paving of an Amazon Road. If this materializes a mere muddy track would be paved and broadened into a two lane highway, connecting the jungle cities Porto Velho and Manas. The road in itself will be useful to farmers to get their goods to the markets at a low cost. But environmentalists decry the whole idea. The highway will soon be used by illegal logging companies to decimate the priceless forests. More farmers will move in, more development will take place with what result? More and yet more the decimation of the jungles! Migration will continue in waves to the extreme detriment of virgin forest areas.
The minister has stated that no construction contracts will be awarded for at least for two months. Senor Minc! You will receive kudos from all over the world if you are wise and foreseeing and cancel the contracts for all time. You’ll be the darling of Posterity.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Cry My Beloved Glaciers
Cry My Beloved Glaciers.
As everyone knows, the Ilulissat Glacier of Greenland is supposed to be the most dynamic of all glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere. Nearly a tenth of all icebergs found in and around Greenland is produced by the Ilulissat. And it is very tragic to hear that this great glacier is melting fast. The greed and grasping nature of certain unscrupulous industrialists from around the world are directly responsible for the global warming and the resultant melting of the beloved Ilulissat. Won’t the politicians in control heed the warnings of those who are really in the know and act quickly to save this blue planet from dying?
On the heels of the Ilulissat disaster, it appears that Himalayan glaciers are melting too. The Press Trust of India reports that ‘Glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world. With the poor earth warming at the present date, by the year 2035, the mighty Himalayas will be just a piece of massive rock, barren and dead. Those Indian politicians who cry wolf against ‘nuclear reactors and cry louder to close down all coal burning generators as soon as enough nukes are built. Oh, everybody knows nukes are no answer, but they are the lesser evil and can bring down the carbon emissions to a considerable extent.
As everyone knows, the Ilulissat Glacier of Greenland is supposed to be the most dynamic of all glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere. Nearly a tenth of all icebergs found in and around Greenland is produced by the Ilulissat. And it is very tragic to hear that this great glacier is melting fast. The greed and grasping nature of certain unscrupulous industrialists from around the world are directly responsible for the global warming and the resultant melting of the beloved Ilulissat. Won’t the politicians in control heed the warnings of those who are really in the know and act quickly to save this blue planet from dying?
On the heels of the Ilulissat disaster, it appears that Himalayan glaciers are melting too. The Press Trust of India reports that ‘Glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world. With the poor earth warming at the present date, by the year 2035, the mighty Himalayas will be just a piece of massive rock, barren and dead. Those Indian politicians who cry wolf against ‘nuclear reactors and cry louder to close down all coal burning generators as soon as enough nukes are built. Oh, everybody knows nukes are no answer, but they are the lesser evil and can bring down the carbon emissions to a considerable extent.
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