Comments on: Albany Fiddles Over Congestion Pricing… http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/21/albany-fiddles/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/21/albany-fiddles/comment-page-1/#comment-32952 gecko Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:59:40 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/21/albany-fiddles/#comment-32952 Two articles in the 16 June 2007 NewScientist describe the drought and devastation in Australia resulting from climate change. Ironically, as one of the "two renegade nations," -- the US and Australia -- did not sign on to the Kyoto Protocol, Australia is "the world's worst per capita emitter of CO2, some may say that Australia deserves its fate." Legislators in Albany should take the hint as New York is not immune from the disastrous effects of global warming. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19426084.400-editorial-australia--not-such-a-lucky-country.html http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19426085.300-australia--the-continent-that-ran-dry.html;jsessionid=DOFDKLDKDIOG Two articles in the 16 June 2007 NewScientist describe the drought and devastation in Australia resulting from climate change.

Ironically, as one of the “two renegade nations,” — the US and Australia — did not sign on to the Kyoto Protocol, Australia is “the world’s worst per capita emitter of CO2, some may say that Australia deserves its fate.”

Legislators in Albany should take the hint as New York is not immune from the disastrous effects of global warming.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19426084.400-editorial-australia–not-such-a-lucky-country.html

http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg19426085.300-australia–the-continent-that-ran-dry.html;jsessionid=DOFDKLDKDIOG

]]> By: JF http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/21/albany-fiddles/comment-page-1/#comment-32943 JF Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:44:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/21/albany-fiddles/#comment-32943 More like the Easter Islanders who cut down the last trees, or the decadent Roman elite who failed to prevent their cities from being sacked. Let's keep this in perspective. This is short-sighted selfishness, not murderous or genocidal scapegoating. It's true that there are lives at stake, but the motivation is different. More like the Easter Islanders who cut down the last trees, or the decadent Roman elite who failed to prevent their cities from being sacked.

Let’s keep this in perspective. This is short-sighted selfishness, not murderous or genocidal scapegoating. It’s true that there are lives at stake, but the motivation is different.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/21/albany-fiddles/comment-page-1/#comment-32932 Stuart Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:49:55 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/21/albany-fiddles/#comment-32932 If humanity survives, one wonders if history will regard today's oil barons, parking garage owners, legislators, op-ed writers, etc who oppose action on global climate change as we today view active or passive collaborators with the past's most reviled and murderous regimes. If humanity survives, one wonders if history will regard today’s oil barons, parking garage owners, legislators, op-ed writers, etc who oppose action on global climate change as we today view active or passive collaborators with the past’s most reviled and murderous regimes.

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