Couple of things
- Is it just me, or is there a weird rash of letters in recent days focused on the evolution debate? H.D. Lott and Neal Priest chime in today.
- While I agree with the editorial from the Athens Banner-Herald, I don't necessarily think that Doug Lowry is preparing to enact a complete ban on rifles in the community. From what I can gather from other folks is Lowry said that was one potential option, but that what might work better is some sort of tiered-level approach to hunting with some of those areas on the outyling parts of the country being open to use with rifles, and in more populated areas mandating the use of, say, just a bow. James Garland had some nice thoughts in an earlier discussion here.
- Republicans are talking about raising taxes in Atlanta ... I never thought I'd see the day.
- What's important to note about this story is the graphic. Look at the drastic rise in carbon emissions since just 1950. What's maddening is that carbon emissions is something that be reduced by individual efforts ... shorter hot showers, switching to energy efficient appliances, purchasing hybrid cars, buying energy saver light bulbs, etc. Bigger steps should be taken to curb emissions from factories and the like, but there are things the average Joe can do which make a difference.
- While I agree with the editorial from the Athens Banner-Herald, I don't necessarily think that Doug Lowry is preparing to enact a complete ban on rifles in the community. From what I can gather from other folks is Lowry said that was one potential option, but that what might work better is some sort of tiered-level approach to hunting with some of those areas on the outyling parts of the country being open to use with rifles, and in more populated areas mandating the use of, say, just a bow. James Garland had some nice thoughts in an earlier discussion here.
- Republicans are talking about raising taxes in Atlanta ... I never thought I'd see the day.
- What's important to note about this story is the graphic. Look at the drastic rise in carbon emissions since just 1950. What's maddening is that carbon emissions is something that be reduced by individual efforts ... shorter hot showers, switching to energy efficient appliances, purchasing hybrid cars, buying energy saver light bulbs, etc. Bigger steps should be taken to curb emissions from factories and the like, but there are things the average Joe can do which make a difference.
posted by Jmac at 7:28 AM
3 Comments:
Nuke power instead of fossil fuels.
Darren
The thing about nuclear power is it's safer and cleaner ... but when something does go wrong, it could get really bad.
That and the waste products require very long-term thinking our current economic arrangements do not plan for (since thinking on the scale of thousands of years is vastly different from thinking on the scale of dozens). Moving over to diverse renewable energy sources also requires some technological innovations if the point is to accommodate most of the lifestyles of the wealthy. More impoverished communities throughout the world, I reckon, could easily benefit from renewable energy now, seeing as how already they do without many of the gadgets and things which use electricity for processing or motor power. The problem is in trying to keep the global economy with its high output and consumption but doing away with the reliance upon oil and coal, in which case, like an athlete recovering from persistent steroid use, there will be a lot of painful days before complete recovery.
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