Choose Reality

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 10 Sep 2011, 11:00

JavaScriptDonkey wrote:
biffvernon wrote:Rather depends on one's viewpoint. I've a friend working in rural Uganda where everybody takes global warming for granted as they know about it first hand. It's the issue of the day. Peak oil is not very important where only the rich own their own bicycle.
How can they differentiate the effect of 0.75degC/100years on their ecosystem and the effect of their population increasing by x8 and 80% deforestation over the same period?

I smell a 'let us blame the foreigner so that he will give me money' Ugandan reality there.

Of course the Ugandan farmer does not notice a 0.75degC/100years change! But they have seen their climate change. It's not the global average warming that concerns them but the reality of their ability to grow crops in the way they used to.

An Inspector Calls · Post by **An Inspector Calls** » 15 Sep 2011, 19:30

Did anything happen?

JavaScriptDonkey · Post by **JavaScriptDonkey** » 16 Sep 2011, 11:19

biffvernon wrote:Of course the Ugandan farmer does not notice a 0.75degC/100years change! But they have seen their climate change. It's not the global average warming that concerns them but the reality of their ability to grow crops in the way they used to.

So this global warming that 'everyone takes for granted' is really just 'local conditions caused by massive deforestation' then?

Glad we got that cleared up.