Comments on: Climate change is happening much faster than previously expected http://www.green-blog.org/2008/10/23/climate-change-is-happening-much-faster-than-previously-expected/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Green Blog » Blog Archive » The world’s glaciers continues to melt, will raise sea levels and threat 2bn people http://www.green-blog.org/2008/10/23/climate-change-is-happening-much-faster-than-previously-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-2345 Green Blog » Blog Archive » The world’s glaciers continues to melt, will raise sea levels and threat 2bn people Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:26:21 +0000 http://www.green-blog.org/?p=580#comment-2345 [...] change is accelerating - Severe droughts and heatwaves in Argentina, Australia and California - Climate change is happening much faster than previously expected Simon Leufstedt Simon Leufstedt is the founder and editor of Green Blog – an environment blog [...] [...] change is accelerating – Severe droughts and heatwaves in Argentina, Australia and California – Climate change is happening much faster than previously expected Simon Leufstedt Simon Leufstedt is the founder and editor of Green Blog – an environment blog [...]

]]> By: Christian Verstraete http://www.green-blog.org/2008/10/23/climate-change-is-happening-much-faster-than-previously-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-2059 Christian Verstraete Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:57:40 +0000 http://www.green-blog.org/?p=580#comment-2059 I cannot believe the first comment made. I can only tell you that the environment is core and center to many companies and societies around the world. I have had the opportunity to speak to many people about this. The issue is that companies often do not see how they can make money by becoming greener. It would help if blogs like yours actually point that out to them. I see three advantages for companies to go greener. First it allows them to reduce cost and variability in their costs. By reducing energy consumption for example, companies on the one side reduce their costs, and there exposure to the variability of energy costs on the other. Second it allows them to grow business. Consumers increasingly are looking at environmental friendly companies, so it can be used as a marketing element to grow business and marketshare. Third, it allows to reduce risk and exposure. Several companies have been in the news due to environmental issues lately. It has damaged their brand name, not speaking about the fines they may have to pay. So, there is a financial element in becoming greener. In the current environment this is certainly something that companies are interested in. I cannot believe the first comment made. I can only tell you that the environment is core and center to many companies and societies around the world. I have had the opportunity to speak to many people about this. The issue is that companies often do not see how they can make money by becoming greener. It would help if blogs like yours actually point that out to them. I see three advantages for companies to go greener. First it allows them to reduce cost and variability in their costs. By reducing energy consumption for example, companies on the one side reduce their costs, and there exposure to the variability of energy costs on the other. Second it allows them to grow business. Consumers increasingly are looking at environmental friendly companies, so it can be used as a marketing element to grow business and marketshare. Third, it allows to reduce risk and exposure. Several companies have been in the news due to environmental issues lately. It has damaged their brand name, not speaking about the fines they may have to pay. So, there is a financial element in becoming greener. In the current environment this is certainly something that companies are interested in.

]]> By: Rr_Salamander http://www.green-blog.org/2008/10/23/climate-change-is-happening-much-faster-than-previously-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-1903 Rr_Salamander Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:20:48 +0000 http://www.green-blog.org/?p=580#comment-1903 Unfortunately, the poet G. M. Hopkins was wrong. He claimed that “Nature is never spent.” It’s simply foolhardy to keep frantically scanning the horizon for a sustainable way to fuel our lifestyles, which are unsustainable due not only to resources and carbon emission, but also to infrastructure and habits. We need to make fundamental changes in where we live, how often and how far we drive, how many electronics and vehicles we use, etc. It’s no coincidence that as a society, we are struggling with more depression and anxiety than ever before: we’re completely disconnected from the realities of life. Why do we think we have earned the right to eat, buy, and drive whatever and whenever we want? Ethanol, coal and oil, wind power, solar power–all of these are not the problem. We are. Of course, it's also true, as noted above, that people don't care unless they're impacted. Which is happening, now: floods, droughts, storms, and the World Health Organization estimates more than 150,000 deaths each year due to climate change. Wake up. Unfortunately, the poet G. M. Hopkins was wrong. He claimed that “Nature is never spent.” It’s simply foolhardy to keep frantically scanning the horizon for a sustainable way to fuel our lifestyles, which are unsustainable due not only to resources and carbon emission, but also to infrastructure and habits.

We need to make fundamental changes in where we live, how often and how far we drive, how many electronics and vehicles we use, etc. It’s no coincidence that as a society, we are struggling with more depression and anxiety than ever before: we’re completely disconnected from the realities of life. Why do we think we have earned the right to eat, buy, and drive whatever and whenever we want? Ethanol, coal and oil, wind power, solar power–all of these are not the problem. We are.

Of course, it’s also true, as noted above, that people don’t care unless they’re impacted. Which is happening, now: floods, droughts, storms, and the World Health Organization estimates more than 150,000 deaths each year due to climate change.

Wake up.

]]> By: Ali http://www.green-blog.org/2008/10/23/climate-change-is-happening-much-faster-than-previously-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 Ali Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:53:12 +0000 http://www.green-blog.org/?p=580#comment-1894 "unless something starts to happen?" Are you for real? Just because your local McDonalds is still open doesn't mean there isn't significant change and damage being to the very systems that give you fresh air to breath, clean water to drink ... and burgers to eat. Wake up or grow up. Actually scratch that, keep doing what you are doing. The rest of us will do our best carry you and your kind into a cleaner future or we'll all die trying. Enjoy your Happy Meal, carry on. “unless something starts to happen?”

Are you for real? Just because your local McDonalds is still open doesn’t mean there isn’t significant change and damage being to the very systems that give you fresh air to breath, clean water to drink … and burgers to eat.

Wake up or grow up.

Actually scratch that, keep doing what you are doing. The rest of us will do our best carry you and your kind into a cleaner future or we’ll all die trying.

Enjoy your Happy Meal, carry on.

]]> By: How to build a windmill http://www.green-blog.org/2008/10/23/climate-change-is-happening-much-faster-than-previously-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 How to build a windmill Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:50:06 +0000 http://www.green-blog.org/?p=580#comment-1892 No one cares about Global Warming, unless something starts to happen, lol. No one cares about Global Warming, unless something starts to happen, lol.

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