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...Wrongs? It seems foolhardy and arrogant to push forward with geoengineering processes that would result in alterations of climatic and marine systems [March 24]. Instead of seeking ways to mitigate the effect of greenhouse gases, policymakers should attack the problem head-on by regulating industry. The solution to global warming is to stop putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Anything short of this will ultimately fail. Alan Foreman, Cambridge, Massachusetts...
...these kinds of tactics that most worry Democrats, even those who haven't taken sides. "The problem with staying in," says one, "and with the idea that something mysteriously is gonna appear to disqualify Obama is that the only way it's going to mysteriously appear is if the Clintons are behind it. So the thing that convinces people Barack Obama can't win has to come from the hand of either Bill or Hillary Clinton...
...shouldn't pretend the model can't keep evolving." Schultz is fond of saying that the current energy and optimism reminds him of the early days, when Starbucks was "fighting for survival." It is a nostalgic way to look at things, and that, says Sonnenfeld, is a big problem...
Biofuels do slightly reduce dependence on imported oil, and the ethanol boom has created rural jobs while enriching some farmers and agribusinesses. But the basic problem with most biofuels is amazingly simple, given that researchers have ignored it until now: using land to grow fuel leads to the destruction of forests, wetlands and grasslands that store enormous amounts of carbon...
...basic problem is that the Amazon is worth more deforested than it is intact. Carter, who fell in love with the region after marrying a Brazilian and taking over her father's ranch, says the rate of deforestation closely tracks commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade. "It's just exponential right now because the economics are so good," he says. "Everything tillable or grazeable is gouged out and cleared...