Friday, September 23, 2005

What's up with all these Typhoons and Hurricanes?

It has been said once that these big hurricanes and typhoons are the American's fault by a Japanese person. I was thinking about that statement, and in a way, it is everybody's fault, but Americans love those SUV's and pickup trucks. So yeah, that statement can be true in a sense. This global warming thing is not going to be reversed anytime soon. It is only getting worse and worse. It has been predicted by weather scientists that the ocean may go up 3 or 4 degrees within the next few decades. That's pretty hot! The news said that these recent hurricanes are caused by the 1 degree Celsius warming of the ocean.

My solution to New Orleans, is not to rebuild it, build around it and return the land to the gulf. It is mean't to be under the sea anyways. So why fight it? Why spend so much money building levies? The sea level is rising anyway, so are we going to keep building the levies higher and higher? To some, fighting mother nature is the way to go, because we should "preserve history" no matter the cost. The news also said that the landfills are overflowing in Louisiana and Mississippi. I think they should somehow reuse trash from the landfills to create the levies. Easier said than done, but wouldn't it be better to make good use of the trash?

We also need to find new sources of fuel. Popular science had posted an article about having wind-turbines in the sky. It makes good sense to me since it doesn't use up valuable land like solar panels do. However, I do believe that we should put solar panels on roofs and make good use of skylights to reduce the need for indoor lighting during the day. Energy efficient homes should be mandated.

Crazy looking guardian statue at the Tokyo National Museum Posted by Picasa

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