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Cities & Oceans of If

This personal ecological art journal addresses global warming. Issues and concerns that affect and effect the artists work with city planners, scientists and others are addressed here. Root causes of environmental degradation are considered. The blog is part of the "Ghost Nets" site, the first of the series, "Cities and Oceans of If". "Cities and Oceans of If" is an on-going international project. It addresses ecological restoration and our relationship to global warming.

Monday, October 23, 2006

Bill McKibben on Global Warming and Energy Alternatives

Bill McKibben has an article coming out in the Nov 16 New York Review of Books which is being previewed by Grist at the following link:

http://tinyurl.com/yemtp5

McKibben's closing statement, after reviewing recent books on topic, is, in effect, ' do not ever let anyone tell you we need fossil fuels. It is a lie.'

Meanwhile, he quotes James Lovelock to the effect that perhaps 200 million people will survive the coming global warming crisis, a nice stable number that will live near the Arctic. Travis Bradford, in "Solar Revolution"is the answer for McKibben but not the solution.

Add that to all the other lies this adminstration does better than anyone else. And as far as I can see, the one and only enduring legacy to inspire awe from Bush & Co.: how many people have been fooled for how long and at what cost? Astonishing. In any case, McKibben puts the kabosh on that.

The real solution, he implicitly concludes, is a sense of community around this crisis. And we all know how close we are to that....

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