Gene - do you really mean this attitude. Thousands of people in the
maldives have lived a subsistence level sustainable life style for
generations, doing nothing to mess up their islands. They are poor in cash
terms. The islands are now going to disappear forever because someone else
at the other side of the planet is a greedy bastard - and I am talking
about you and me here with our western standards of living. Which
transportation options do they have? have you looked at their per capita
incomes and and worked out transportation costs. What do they buy a boat
with? Who is going to take them in - you? We took their home. Are we going
to house them? Find them jobs? and I am talking personally here. They don't
make the choice - its been made for them by us. They made no dumb
decisions. Every time one of us puts any extra into the greenhouse equation
it impacts on the people of the maldives and many others who don't have the
option. I thought this was a list for people who cared and wanted to make a
difference - what are you doing on it. kathryn
>>Gene GeRue wrote:>
>Well, I could feel sorry for the Maldivians but there is nothing I can do
>to help them. I presume they are not behind bars and they have
>transportation options. In our own country a high percent of our population
>lives within sixty miles of the coast. Those citizens made and daily make
>that choice and reap the economic and natural rewards and the drawbacks
>such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tidal waves and rising sea levels. We all
>make life decisions. We are all personally responsible for the outcomes. If
>the sea level rises, lots of people will move or get a boat. There is
>plenty of warning. (Rant mode on) I am tired of we taxpayers paying for
>problems caused by people who make dumb decisions and then cry for help.
>How many floods does it take to understand what happens if you live in a
>flood plain? It is well publicized that sea levels will rise. Whaddya wanna
>bet that we taxpayers won't have to pay for sea walls and dikes so those
>wealthy coastal dwellers can continue to enjoy the sunrises and sunsets
>over the water?
