12-10-2007, 01:14 PM
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Junkie
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I really enjoy IBD editorials. Here is a portion of one on the issue of global warming:
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On Aug. 27, 1883, Krakatoa, a volcanic island between Java and Sumatra, blew apart in perhaps the largest eruption in recorded history. The blast was heard thousands of miles away. So much gas and particulate matter were spewed into the stratosphere that the global temperature was cooled by an average of a degree well into the 20th century.
We mention this for two reasons: (1) to illustrate how much more influence nature can have on climate compared with soccer moms driving their SUVs, and (2) to call attention to events on another Indonesian island that also involve a lot of hot air and may also have a significant impact on humanity, if not the Earth's climate.
Some 15,000 politicians, civil servants, journalists and the occasional movie star from nearly 190 nations have descended on the resort island of Bali this week to save the Earth from the Industrial Revolution and to draft a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement that expires in 2012.
Never mind that Kyoto I's goals could not be met by signatories such as members of the European Union and that the goals, even if they were met, would have too small an effect on temperature to measure.
The London Telegraph reckons that 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide will have been generated in getting delegates such as California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Peace Prize-winner Al Gore and climate scientist Leonardo DiCaprio to the conference, many on private jets. This is equivalent to the carbon emissions of the African state of (sorry, Al) Chad.
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http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArti...81664532453337
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