however, it is not PROFITABLE for natural resource exploiting corporations (like fossil fuels) in Canada to slow/stop global warming, as well as municipal/provincial/federal governments that profit from the compensation revenue of said exploitation...
global warming is opening a new frontier of natural resources in the metling arctic...
the Multinational Monitor brought up this on Oil Frontiers
A little about Talisman oil, which gave the grant...
Talisman oil operations prolong Sudan civil war
Here is the official U of S press release... see if you can read behind the lines... they're pretty good at masking the true intentions of this funding... it's despicable that they have the audacity to call this part of "Thinking of the Future".... oh, and the head researcher coincedentally has the EXACT same name as me...
now it's personal.
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Although there is widespread agreement in the scientific community that global warming is primarily caused by human activities (i.e. burning fossil fuels), there is much that is unknown about the true effect this warming will have on regional climate systems. Sea levels will undoubtedly rise, extreme weather events will become more frequent, but how will precipitation patterns in Saskatchewan change, and what kind of timeline are we looking at? My impression of the U of S news release is that the study is genuinely trying to help answer important question such as these, and not trying to re-asses the claim that humans are causing global warming. Given the current level of greenhouse gas emissions, even if we stopped emitting today, we would likely see effects extending years into the future (global warming positive feedback effects), so why not study the nature of these effects (particularly in terms of regional climate systems). I can’t say what the motives of Talisman Energy were, but the study was going on long before their generous contribution. I agree it is problematic that short term corporate interests are almost never related to sustainability, or anything besides profit margins for that matter, I simply disagree with your opinion that the study is a waste of time, money and research.
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