Comments on: Stern: The Debate On Climate is Over http://priceofoil.org/2006/10/31/stern-the-debate-on-climate-is-over/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming political barriers to that transition. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Biofuelsimon http://priceofoil.org/2006/10/31/stern-the-debate-on-climate-is-over/#comment-3462 Biofuelsimon Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:11:41 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2006/10/31/stern-the-debate-on-climate-is-over/#comment-3462 There are good economic reasons for the UK to be very concerned about climate change, around 1m Londoners live less that 2m above the current, high watermark of the River Thames. (And so does a good chunk of the financial district.) That aside, the many in the UK are concerned about the impact that we are having on the environment. But that impact is not restricted to fossil fuels, although that is the most clear and present danger. There could be considerable impacts on the planet if we charge headlong into biofuels in areas where resources such as water or food supplies are limited. The dust bowl, desertification of the Mid west was caused when a key aquifer could not support the demands placed on it, and there could be a danger of this happening again if biofuels from wheat or cattle waste is pushed too hard in the US. http://www.icis.com/blogs/biofuels/archives/2006/10/water-and-biofuels.html#more But this could be a short term problem if we can get people to understand the impact that their way of life has and start acting accordingly. There are good economic reasons for the UK to be very concerned about climate change, around 1m Londoners live less that 2m above the current, high watermark of the River Thames. (And so does a good chunk of the financial district.)
That aside, the many in the UK are concerned about the impact that we are having on the environment. But that impact is not restricted to fossil fuels, although that is the most clear and present danger. There could be considerable impacts on the planet if we charge headlong into biofuels in areas where resources such as water or food supplies are limited. The dust bowl, desertification of the Mid west was caused when a key aquifer could not support the demands placed on it, and there could be a danger of this happening again if biofuels from wheat or cattle waste is pushed too hard in the US. http://www.icis.com/blogs/biofuels/archives/2006/10/water-and-biofuels.html#more

But this could be a short term problem if we can get people to understand the impact that their way of life has and start acting accordingly.

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