Hurricane, Climate and War Oh My!
The chickens are coming home to roost on President Bush's imprudent war. There are inadequate troops - particularly in depleted National Guards - to respond to this emergency. And both 911 and now Hurricane Katrina were directly caused and/or exacerbated by America's unquenchable thirst for oil. Let there be no doubt that humankind must share the blame for the New Orleans disaster - through our carbon emissions, coastal habitat destruction and wetland loss.
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In a greed-is-good economic model such as our present society, it is too easy to attribute reasons for natural catastrophes, and for man-made ones, to motives influenced by human frailties. It may be the case that solar system changes are the fundamental cause, and perhaps we are merely witnessing humanity's response.
Posted by: marjo hannele | September 13, 2005 2:39 AM