Perhaps Now We Can Focus on a Solution

In the past few months, while the bloggers and journalists have all said they agree that global warming was indeed a fact, there was still disagreement on whether this was man made (and thus had a solution) or a natural occurrence (implying that there is nothing we can do).

The UN article on global warming, which states not only are we in for some badness in the future but that humans are the main cause of global warming should help put an end to the debate.

Even so, what is the solution? It appears that even if we take every car off the road, the sea level could rise another 4.6 feet from where they were back in 1850. Nothing that drastic will ever occur and the two worst offenders, the US and China, are slow to react.

Here's one thing folks can do, a fairly brain dead video and well, okay, it's a parody on installing an Eco friendly light bulb, but good all the same - gets the message across:

Politically - It's Business as Usual

The White House apparently used white out on testimony regarding global warming. The justification here is that it didn't match UN findings in spite of UN panel findings supporting the parts deleted.

Another bill on setting limits on greenhouse gases isn't getting the support it needs, flailing in part because the limits purposed can't be met with given technologies.

Meanwhile, some of the first recipients of the negative effects of global warming belongs to a group of residents of the Carter Islands in Papua New Guinea, who are losing their homes due to higher sea levels.

Maybe they can move to the White House and help edit the testimonies..

JitterBook

Some folks have recently asked, how is JitterBook: the Blog, related to JitterBook: the online site? The site was created to offer students a place to sell back their books, the blog is my commentary on articles I read on global warming plus my own thoughts. These thoughts are my own and don't reflect or represent the company JitterBook. The two are tied together only in that a portion of the profits we make on www.jitterbook.com will go to charities fighting global warming.

As the CEO of JitterBook and the author of this blog, I would really like to keep the blog about global warming as it is an important issue. I don't want the blog to be misrepresented as a marketing tool, so aside from this little quip, the two should never meet. Equally, JitterBook, the textbook buyback site isn't a charity site. Aside from the little globe icon, this blog is hardly mentioned on the site. It's all very low key.

I am interested in folks comments on global warming, especially on solutions, charities that focus on solutions and any sites, ideas, and thoughts on the subject.