Heard about this Paris chick. I guess this is all I need to know.
Mike check out my Ehrlich (doomssayer) fav. Also remember the Exxon Valdez and how ExxonMobile whitewashed the beach clean-up. Shouldn't have ever happened, but did, and hasn't ever yet been fixed.

backround music whilst I'm typing.
Paul Ehrlich
no more gasoline, habitat preservation
(author of the _Population Bomb_ from the 60s if memory serves.)

Quoted: Scientists studying many different parts of the planet's ecosystems are warning that Earth may be on the verge of a sixth major mass extinction event.

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Quoted: A diverse ecosystem thrives on the Antarctic seabed, 1,968 feet (600 meters) off the front of the continental shelf.

I think there are local, marginal , groups to impress, however...

Quoted: That's because Main Street today is a much more confusing place, crowded with niche consumer tribes. Some see status in sneakers, but others in handbags, and still others in eco-chic stuff, and, who knows, ...

A somewhat scary self-running (and endless- goes to the next story) slide-show. Not Shockwave (I use flashblock on the ads, here)
Here's the story:
http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/19/cities-population-pollution-innovation08-cx_tvr_0319futurecities.html

Quoted: More mega cities are coming, most of them in Asia. Are they prepared?

Actually they're in India, Philippines, Lagos (Nigeria), and Mexico City VolcanoCup, too.

I, of course, missed it, altho using candles somehow doubly missed the point (CO₂and using light).

Quoted: CHICAGO (March 29) - From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.

I'm not sure about the $20 elec = $60 gas. More skeptical scrutiny is needed.

Quoted: Electric car? You already have one : Instead of waiting until you buy a hybrid to reduce your eco-footprint, why not make your vehicle electric now? James Nestor has more on a company that has been converting gas cars to electric for decades.

from the Bryant show. Archived here.

Left a small ball against the earth showing respective volumes of air. On the right, the tiny ball is the water vis-a-vis the size of the earth.
I've heard that the thinness of the atmosphere is similar to the thin veneer of paint on a globe model of the earth.