Global Warming: A bigger picture than just carbon
compiled by David Barth, June 16, 2008
From Wired, June 2008, page 165, by Alex Steffen.
Climate change is not the only issue. The way our society is currently designed, it has no future and will die out
because we're ruining the planet at an ever faster rate.
We should eliminate subsidies on fossil fuels. Because the development time for a new nuclear plant is around 10 years,
we could better spend that time and money building wind, wave, solar, and more hydroelectric generation
facilities.
Not only is energy an important issue, clean water for drinking is a major problem that will continue to
grow.
Alex Steffen is the editor of the green futurism site, Worldchanging.com
and of the book "Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century." His email address is editor@worldchanging.com.