Re: [PEN-L] Random Information

[paul phillips]

Gobal warming is always a mixed blessing -- some benefit, others (the majority) lose.  Here, in Canada, the results are almost uniformly negative from the extinction of the polar bears to the devastation of the pine forests.  This week in my area the temparatures are forcast to rise to plus 40 centagrade (110+  feringade) which is the highest on record and 2+ degrees above 'average'.  In eastern Canada, people are dying of the heat while in western Canada, the glaciers are disappearing, never again to be a source of agricultural irrigation or hydro power.  It is a disaster of unrecognized proportions. Paul P Michael Perelman wrote: I don't know about the newspages as a whole, but this was a front page story. Global warming is extending the growing season. The people see the melting glaciers as a hydro power source .... The story quotes some people that say that the net effect will be negative, but the overall thrust is that global warming is nice -- at least in Greenland. On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:58:51PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote: On Jul 19, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Michael Perelman wrote: I just read yesterday's front-page story Wall Street Journal: Lauren Etter. 2006. "Feeling the Heat: For Icy Greenland, Global Warming Has a Bright Side." Wall Street Journal (18 July): p. A1. After years of denying that global warming exists, the paper is now gloating that in Iceland agriculture is doing far better as the glaciers melt. The editpage has denied it - have the news pages? Doug -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu

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