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Global Warming?
Wired has interviewed Elizabeth Kolbert, who wrote a series on climate for the New Yorker last year. The three part series has now been published as Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. In the interview, "Global Warming: Be Very Afraid," Kolbert argues we need to take action now.
People think, "I won't have to go to Florida anymore. Florida will come to me." People should realize that warmth doesn't mean Florida. It means New York is underwater. It may be that certain places like Siberia are more comfy, but it also means that they have no water. If people say, "Why should I be worried about global warming?" I think the answer is, "Do you like to eat?"
The only thing that gives me hope is that we've survived this long. But I think people should appreciate that this (is) likely to be on the level of any catastrophe we've weathered before. Potentially worse. I'm sorry I can't be more upbeat. I don't want to say I despair, but I also don't want to say, "Not to worry."
For more, the New Yorker also has an interview with Elizabeth Kolbert: "A Planetary Problem," and David Ignatius has an op-ed piece in the Washington Post: "Is It Warm in Here? We Could Be Ignoring the Biggest Story in Our History"
— michael | March 29, 2006 01:22 PM | Something to think about
