It is a time of fear in the face of freedom, a time for the widening of previous roads and the opening of new paths, a time of an emptying country and swelling cities, yet a time when these paths are mined by knowing algorithms of the all-seeing eye. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
 | Air Travel Pollutes Even More Than Was Thought |
I was happy to report the good environmental news about British songbirds earlier this morning. Sadly, not everything that flies brings such good tidings.
The Environmental News Network reports that an unpublished study by pollution researchers has concluded that commercial airlines are releasing 20 percent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than previously believed. Carbon dioxide is, of course, one of the most significant greenhouse gases that contributes to global warming.
This report offers yet one more reason for the abandonment of airplanes as a significant means of intracontinental travel, in favor of more efficient methods of long distance travel, such as trains. Over a hundred years after the Wright Brothers went hop, skip and jump, it’s time for us to get over the gee whiz reaction to the invention of the airplane. Yes, we can fly, but to fly as much as we do is profoundly unwise.
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Even worse is the melting tundra in Alaska and especially Siberia where METHANE is belching out of the ground at an increasing rate as the climate warms. Methane is far worse than CO2 in its effect on the environment.
“It ain’t lookin’ too good . . .” (ala DeNiro)
Comment by Tom — 5/10/2008 @ 9:24 am
Light a match on the tundra, and you just might create a little fireburst with the escaping methane from the arctic melt.
Comment by The Green Man — 5/10/2008 @ 9:28 am