Andrew Revkin on The Interviewpoint pt 1

From http://theinterviewpoint.com ...

With an impending population of nine billion and a growing consensus that climate change posses significant dangers, Andrew Revkin has tackled the question of global sustainability with his New York Times blog Dot Earth. In this wide-ranging discussion of climate concerns Revkin says many experts point to political leadership as a key solution but Revkin cites research that makes such political action problematic.

"If we all jumped in Hummers and drove in circles and jerked up the thermostats or if we sat like the Buddah and didn't use any fossil fuels, the climate system which is this huge bank of energy has so much momentum it won't notice for 20 years. So that adds a horribly politically inconvenient time scale to this problem," Revkin says. "Because you can't cut a ribbon, fix it, and then get reelected based on that really smart choice you made."

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[JesseArg]

this interviewer needs to go back to grinnell or Franklin Pierce college or wherever he got B-'s in social science courses cause thats the only place using the word 'framing' that many times or using finger quotes impresses anyone. i can't believe he brought up an airplane banner at the live earth concert!"dude andy, like at bonnaroo i met this guy who was like 'there's a correlation between global warming and ufo sightings' what about framing climate change in terms of aliens?"

[sportsbettor101]

I read his blog everyday and its nice to see he is an honest and straighforward journalist.Its nice to see people who actually care about the world and have the power to educate others without an agenda.