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Avaaz calls for a global “wake-up call” for climate change as Copenhagen looms:
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“Only” 5% of GDP
One of Manzi’s central points is that climate change just ain’t all that damaging, economically speaking: it will reduce global GDP by “only” 5 percent one hundred years hence, he writes, even arguably pessimistic assumptions by the IPCC about both the magnitude of climate change and its economic impacts. The problem with GDP is this: it varies greatly across counties, by a factor of 800 or so on a per-capita basis between Burundi and Luxembourg, or nearly 2,000 if you count Zimbabwe, which effectively does not have an economy. A lot of countries contribute almost nothing to global GDP, even though they may have tens or hundreds of millions of people. You could literally wipe them from the globe and … More >>
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Heavy Metals In Your Tropicana
PepsiCo, owner of the Tropicana Juice Brand, recently conducted an evaluation of their carbon imprint. It is a sign of the growing clout of the climate change movement that such a colossus among major food and beverage corporations took the time to assess the environmental impact of their activities. An independent test of the carbon footprint of Tropicana orange juice has concluded that that ½ gallon of Tropicana produces 3.75 pounds of carbon. Although what this number actually means is rather abstract, experts agree that the most useful role of this type of testing is to audit the production process and determine which step contributes most of the carbon output. In this case, it turns out that it’s not the … More >>
