Steve Andrews's blog
Consumption Factor
A new article in the New York times by Jared Diamond. An interesting article that reminds us of the real conflict behind the political screens- the consumption of resources of the first world compared to that of the third- the last part of the article is perhaps most relevent
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/opinion/02diamond.html?ref=todayspaper
Oceans are taking up less carbon....
Another positive feedback loop seems to be appearing...
As the earth warms, the oceans (the largest sink of carbon) are decreasing in their ability to store carbon
this is a biiiiiig red flag
Fishing Industry Is now allowed to "self-regulate" ....when did this ever work?
The fishing industry is now going to be "self-regulating and policing" now that NOAA no longer has oversight
yay!...knock another 20 years off of viable fishery stocks
article here.... http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=926
US Avoiding Dealing with Climate Change- Subtle Manuevers
Its funny how most of these things have gone under the radar but somehow this article caught it...
Apparently the US has made its own climate meeting to clash with the UN meeting on climate change..this is subtle political manuvering that kinda makes me sick...fuck bush
"New" Carbon Negative Biofuel
There has been an emerging controversy over the use of biofuels...namely that the growth and production of these crops (corn, etc) will result in a net postive input of C02 due to the heavy reliance on fuel-burning equipment
However, a new article in Science may have an alternative with the use of "humble grasses" aka. prarie grasses...very interesting short article
http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn10759-humble-grasses-may-be-the-best-source-of-biofuel-.html
Whales will be killed by Navy
So the appeals court reversed the decision to ban sonar testing in Southern California citing "We are currently engaged in war, in two countries," said Judge Andrew Kleinfeld in the majority opinion, joined by Judge Consuelo Callahan. "There are no guarantees extending from 2007 to 2009 or at any other time against other countries deciding to engage us, or our determining that it is necessary to engage other countries."
So the Navy can go ahead and kill whales while we are supposed to sit around and wait for another war on another country? Awsome...
Thoughts?
full article here.....http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/01/BAEVRT7DT.DTL
The Looming Food Crisis
This is a really interesting article....
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/082907EA.shtml
However, the article fails to really expand on the inherent ecological instability of industrial monoculture systems as well as the fact that huge agro-conglomerates and pro-GMO industries are benefiting immensely from the use of biofuels...not to mention the land that will be lost to this industry in developing nations...I guess you can't cover it all though
Thoughts?