It's incentives to reduce energy consumption they need - not necessarily the
switch to solar! Funny how when alternative energy sources are proposed
(wind farms, hydro electric) there always seems to be associated
environmental costs and lots of complaints. As for solar - I am not an
expert but I remember reading not too long ago that currently solar cells
take more energy to make than they ever return - does anyone know if this is
still true??? And of course using solar to heat water for generators takes
lots of space - just clear another few forests to make room?
I share the concern over warming, but I think cutting consumption may be a
better goal. Our vast sprawling cities do not help (not as bad as the US,
but much worse than most European ones) - in Europe many people live in
apartments. The higher density housing makes public transport more
economical and reduces petrol usage.
Seem to remember when I grew up (in the UK) just about everyone lived in
"terraced" house ("town houses" in modern talk). Few people had cars but it
didn't matter because the resulting high population density meant we could
easily walk to shops, school etc. Now seems like all kids get driven to
school - because with large block sizes they all live a long way away. And
we worry about obesity as well..... But just try suggesting high density
housing in many of our suburbs????
Sorry - getting a bit off topic - and I am probably as guilty as most in
living in a typical suburban block and driving most places - especially for
birdwatching. If we all stopped driving to go birding it would help :-)!
From: "Ricki Coughlan" <>
To: "BIRDING-AUS" <>
Subject: [BIRDING-AUS] Mass breeding failures among northern seabirds
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 14:51:59 +1000
Hi Bird Lovers
The list of global warming related disasters and fearful portents just
keeps
growing. The link below relates to a story I received from another bird
list
from the Northern Hemisphere which tells the story of total breeding
collapse of Murres in the North Atlantic. It appears that their fish stocks
are not gathering to breed due to global warming:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=546138
When Oh when will our leaders provide disencentives for fossil fuels and
incentives for solar? :-(
Regards
Ricki
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