How to Help the Planet by Buying a Hummer
May 27, 2008 ·
Cut down those old trees, scrap that organic milk, embrace nuclear power: Wired contributing editor Spencer Reiss explains why winning the war on global warming means slaughtering some of environmentalism's sacred cows.
Follow the link for the rest of the article:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90840234#share
Wimbledon Wisdom
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I recently ran across a graduation speech by the tennis great Roger
Federer. I especially appreciated this passage:
In the 1,526 singles matches I played...
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4 comments:
So true. I especially like the conversation about organic food. It drives me nuts when I see people jump on the organic band wagon, but can't give a solid argument about how buying organic will help the environment when all is said and done. I am waiting for the media to start talking about genetically modified food as a way to fight global warming and the food crises instead of focusing so much on organic food.
i need to read this entire article at some point. do you have a link to that?
on all the points he raises, i agree on the food issue the most. eating local is probably the best, and that is a statement with absolutely no evidence to back it up (from me, that is.) however, on the organic issue, his call for 'doing what is best for you individually' often is why people eat organic. the lack of preservatives, pesticides, etc., is often a big deal for some people.
nuclear energy, in my opinion, is a viable alternative, but unless the citizenry and government are looking VERY long-term (which they never ever do), it isn't happening anytime soon. approving and building a nuclear reactor doesn't happen overnight. saying nuclear energy solves the problem is easy-making it happen, not so much.
The link I give is the closest I have to the article, it was posted on NPR, so if the link does not work, just search NPR with the title.
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-06/ff_heresies_intro
here is the link to the wired article
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