Comments on: The Arctic could be ice free by 2030 http://johnbollwitt.com/2007/09/04/the-arctic-could-be-ice-free-by-2030/ New media enthusiast in Vancouver, B.C. with many interests and passions. A blogger, podcaster, music lover, Canucks fan, Cubs fan, technology enthusiast, news junkie, Apple user, and general lover of feeding my brain. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Raul http://johnbollwitt.com/2007/09/04/the-arctic-could-be-ice-free-by-2030/comment-page-1/#comment-63310 Raul Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:38:49 +0000 http://audihertz.net/blog/2007/09/04/the-arctic-could-be-ice-free-by-2030/#comment-63310 I agree with GZ in that it's not your fault, but I'd also like to point out that it is the sum of all individual behaviors that creates collective action. If you, and everyone around you, your friends, family, etc. start doing things towards cleaning the air (e.g. public transit, etc.) then there is a potential for overall improvement. The other thing is to learn to adapt. Although I have my reservations for adaptation, but that's a much larger conversation :) What would scare me is if this poll is true: the more educated the person, the less willing to do green stuff... http://hummingbird604.blogspot.com/2007/07/environmental-behavior-in-canada.html Good job on the blog John :) I agree with GZ in that it’s not your fault, but I’d also like to point out that it is the sum of all individual behaviors that creates collective action. If you, and everyone around you, your friends, family, etc. start doing things towards cleaning the air (e.g. public transit, etc.) then there is a potential for overall improvement. The other thing is to learn to adapt. Although I have my reservations for adaptation, but that’s a much larger conversation :)

What would scare me is if this poll is true: the more educated the person, the less willing to do green stuff…

http://hummingbird604.blogspot.com/2007/07/environmental-behavior-in-canada.html

Good job on the blog John :)

]]> By: John Bollwitt http://johnbollwitt.com/2007/09/04/the-arctic-could-be-ice-free-by-2030/comment-page-1/#comment-63261 John Bollwitt Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:50:31 +0000 http://audihertz.net/blog/2007/09/04/the-arctic-could-be-ice-free-by-2030/#comment-63261 It's not so much that I feel responsible as much as it is how gross the air gets in the valley. It's not the humidity causing the haze as much as it's smog. On top of that, living downtown, it smells like car exhaust as the lower mainland commutes around Vancouver. I can only imagine how much more harsh things are in China, but it's by far a walk in the park here, even as beautiful as Vancouver is thought to be. It’s not so much that I feel responsible as much as it is how gross the air gets in the valley. It’s not the humidity causing the haze as much as it’s smog. On top of that, living downtown, it smells like car exhaust as the lower mainland commutes around Vancouver.

I can only imagine how much more harsh things are in China, but it’s by far a walk in the park here, even as beautiful as Vancouver is thought to be.

]]> By: GZ Expat http://johnbollwitt.com/2007/09/04/the-arctic-could-be-ice-free-by-2030/comment-page-1/#comment-63253 GZ Expat Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:52:35 +0000 http://audihertz.net/blog/2007/09/04/the-arctic-could-be-ice-free-by-2030/#comment-63253 2 million people crammed into the lower mainland isn't really the problem. 100 Million living in Guangdong province, which is roughly the size of North Dakota, that is a problem. Living in a city that is roughly the size of Vancouver, but with 15 million people...that is a problem. And to think, the air is cleaner here today than it was 10 years ago...but its still rotten. It's not your fault. Don't feel guilty when you read articles like this. Basing 30 years of study on a planet that is billions of years old is well...like telling your entire life story on the 1 millisecond you lived on August 4, 1992. Your car is not the reason. 2 million people crammed into the lower mainland isn’t really the problem. 100 Million living in Guangdong province, which is roughly the size of North Dakota, that is a problem. Living in a city that is roughly the size of Vancouver, but with 15 million people…that is a problem. And to think, the air is cleaner here today than it was 10 years ago…but its still rotten.

It’s not your fault. Don’t feel guilty when you read articles like this. Basing 30 years of study on a planet that is billions of years old is well…like telling your entire life story on the 1 millisecond you lived on August 4, 1992. Your car is not the reason.

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