Ke hana nei ʻo Alexander Cockburn i nā nalu me kāna moʻolelo hou e pili ana i ka hoʻomehana honua, i paʻi ʻia ma The Nation a ma ka pūnaewele ma CounterPunch.org kahi e lawelawe ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻoponopono hoʻoponopono (a hāʻawi wau i kahi kolamu o kēlā me kēia pule). I loko o ia mau mea, hoʻouka ʻo Cockburn i ka manaʻo o kēlā poʻe ʻepekema weliweli a me mākou āpau "Greenhousers" aʻo ʻole i manaʻoʻiʻo i ke kanaka, a me kā mākou ʻoihana ʻoihana, ke hoʻopilikia maikaʻi nei i ke aniau o ka honua.
ʻOiai hauʻoli nui wau i ka kapa ʻia ʻana he Greenhouser pupule - mai kuhi hewa, ʻaʻole wau he ʻepekema naʻauao. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo wau kekahi o nā mea hoʻomalu kūlohelohe liʻiliʻi aʻu i ʻike ʻaʻole manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ka hoʻomehana honua ka mea weliweli loa i ke ola ma ka Honua. E kāhea mai iaʻu he pupule, akā, ke hopohopo nei au, ke paʻa mau nei kēlā pahu i loko o nā lima o nā mana nuklea o ka honua.
Ma kāna mau ʻatikala, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Cockburn i ka hapa nui o kāna hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma ka manaʻo o kekahi chemist i hoʻomaha, ʻo Kauka Martin Hertzberg, ka mea i hana no ka US Navy a ma hope ma ke ʻano he loea pahū no ka Bureau of Mines, e hana ana ma lalo o ka rubric o ke Keʻena ʻOihana. Kalaiaina. ʻO ka manaʻo o Hertzberg e like me kēia: ʻo ka hoʻomehana honua ma muli o ka mahu wai a ʻaʻole na ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o CO2. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me Hertzberg, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā hoʻokuʻu CO2, ʻaʻohe mea nui. Ke hilinaʻi nei kona manaʻoʻiʻo i ka manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui ʻia ʻo ka moana he "carbon sinks" nāna e mālama i ka nui o CO2 a me nā sediments ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻepekema ʻepekema e koi nei he kumulative CO2. No laila, ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana, noho ke kinoea i ka lewa no nā kaukani makahiki ʻaʻole like me ka mahu wai o ka moana, ka mea e kahe wikiwiki mai ka lewa e like me ka hau a me ka ua.
Hoʻopiʻi pū ka noiʻi ʻepekema i ke kumumanaʻo "carbon sink". ʻO ka noiʻi hou loa a nui loa e hana pēlā ua kākau ʻia e nā ʻepekema ʻumikūmāwalu a paʻi ʻia ma Science i ka hopena o ʻApelila 2007. Ua mālama ʻia ka noiʻi e ʻelua mau huakaʻi ʻepekema honua, nāna i aʻo i nā wai ma ka Pākīpika Hema kokoke i ka equator. Hōʻike ka hana ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana, ua ʻai ʻia ʻo CO2 e nā holoholona a me nā maʻi bacteria a hana hou ʻia i loko o ka "wahi pōuliuli," he wahi malu 100 a 1,000 mau mika ma lalo o ka ʻili o ka moana.
"He loulou koʻikoʻi ma waena o ka ʻili a me ka moana hohonu ka ʻāpana o ka pō," wahi a Ken Buesseler, he biogeochemist ma Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution nāna i alakaʻi i ka noiʻi. "Makemake mākou i ka mea e hiki mai ana i ka ʻāpana o ka pō, ka mea e komo ai i loko a me ka mea e hāʻule i waho. Inā ʻaʻole hele ke kalapona i lalo i ke kai hohonu a mālama ʻia ma laila, ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi ka hopena o ke kai i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau.
Inā ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia ke kūlana o Kauka Hertzberg i ka wai hohonu. Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pilikia me kēia ʻepekema hoʻokahi ma mua o kona kūlana kiʻekiʻe i ka hoʻomehana honua a i ʻole kona moʻolelo i hala ma ke ʻano he loea pahū no ka Bureau of Mines. ʻOiaʻiʻo paha he kumu ʻē aʻe ʻo Hertzberg no ka hoʻokūkū ʻole i ka laina ʻoihana e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, lawelawe ʻo Hertzberg ma ke ʻano he mea hōʻike loea no Big Coal, a ua hoʻolimalima ʻia ʻo ia e Jim Walter Resources i kahi hihia kahi i uku ai ka hui lanahu nui i $3,000 ma hope o ka pahū ʻana i kekahi o kā lākou mau mina Alabama i make ai he 13. nā miners. ʻO Jim Walter Resources, ka mea i loaʻa ma luna o $100 miliona i ka loaʻa kālā i kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻoki ʻo Dr. Hertzberg i kahi helu nui no kāna mau lawelawe ʻoihana. ʻO kāna hōʻike, i haʻi ʻia e ka luna kānāwai, ua hoʻemi paha i ka uku i kau ʻia ma ka hui.
ʻAʻole hiki ke manaʻo ʻia ʻo Hertzberg he ʻepekema kūʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, no ka mea, he kumu aʻoaʻo uku ʻo ia no kahi ʻoihana nona nā mana ahi ahi e hoʻopuka i ke kumu nui loa o ka pollution CO2 ma US. pono e hoʻowahāwahā i ka ʻepekema ʻenekini a Hertzberg.
Aia kekahi mau pilikia ʻē aʻe e pili ana i kekahi o nā manaʻo o ka poʻe hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me kā lākou mau kumu hoʻoikaika. Ma kāna ʻāpana ʻelua e pili ana i ka mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cockburn i ka mea kānalua kaulana ʻo Pat Michaels o ke Kulanui o Virginia, nāna e hoʻolilo i ka manawa nui i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i nā kumu hoʻomehana honua. Akā ʻo Michaels, he kumu ʻepekema Environmental, ua hōʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he pawn o ka ʻoihana. Ma ke kākau ʻana no Harper's i ka makahiki 1995, wehewehe ʻo Ross Gelbspan, “Ua loaʻa iā Michael ma mua o $115,000 i nā makahiki ʻehā i hala mai ka lanahu a me ka makemake o ka ikehu. ʻO ka World Climate Review, kahi hapahā āna i hoʻokumu ai e hoʻopiʻi mau ana i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ke aniau, ua kālā ʻia e Western Fuels.
Loaʻa nā lua ʻē aʻe i ka loina o ka mea kānalua. Ua kuhikuhi pololei ʻo Cockburn i kahi hōʻike o ka makahiki 1995 mai ka Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) i paheʻe koke i ka ʻōlelo aʻe, i kūʻē i ka hapa nui o ka hōʻike kumu: "Ke hōʻike nei ke koena o nā hōʻike i kahi mana kanaka e ʻike ʻia i ke aniau honua."
Eia naʻe, pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia mai ka nānā ʻana ʻelua o ka IPCC no ka noiʻi ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau i ka makahiki 1995, ua loaʻa ʻelua mau pepa IPCC hou, hoʻokahi ma 2001 a ʻo kekahi i kēia makahiki, ʻo ia mau mea ʻelua e hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei e hōʻike nui ʻia ana nā palapala i ke kanaka he "like" hāʻawi i ka hoʻomehana honua.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo ka poʻe kānalua hoʻomehana honua i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kekahi ʻano a i ʻole ma ke ʻano o ka wahie fossil dole. Ma waho aʻe o Dr. Hertzberg, ka loea pahū nāna e kūkākūkā i ka hana no Big Coal, a me Prof. Michaels ka mea i uku kālā ʻia e nā hui mana e hana a nona nā mea kanu puhi lanahu, ka mea hope loa, a me ka mea ʻino loa, 'epekema' ka poʻe kānalua, me Cockburn. no laila ʻo Fredrick Seitz ka mea i ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia.
No ʻoukou ka poʻe ʻaʻole i hahai i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o ke aniau i nā makahiki, ke ʻimi nei i ka Seitz 96 makahiki ma ka hoʻomehana honua, e like me kā kaʻu hoaaloha i ʻōlelo ai, ua like ia me ka haʻi ʻana iā Judith Miller ma nā WMD o Iraq. He hoʻopunipuni piha ʻo ia i hōʻike pinepine ʻia e like me ia. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo Seitz ʻaʻole hiki i ka ulaula ke kumu i ka maʻi maʻi ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mega-bucks mai Big Tobacco. Hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ia i ka hōʻino ʻana o ka CFC i ka papa ozone. E haʻi paha ʻo Seitz iā ʻoe he mea maikaʻi ke kāpīpī i ka DDT i ka keke lā hānau o kāu keiki inā ua uku ʻo DuPont iā ia.
Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻo Seitz, ʻo ia pū me Edward "makuakā o ka atomic bomb" Teller i ka papahana "Atoms for Peace", i kāhea ʻia no ka pahū ʻana i nā nukes e ʻeli i nā awa, e lawe mai i ke kinoea kūlohelohe i ka ʻili a holo i nā moku āpau i Mars. ʻAʻole ʻo Seitz he kumu hoʻokaʻawale i ka hoʻomehana honua. He hack ʻo ia.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i loko a i waho o ka noiʻi hoʻomehana honua he mea hoʻololi. Ke ʻae nei au e kānalua mākou i ka wā kahiko o Al Gore, ka mākeke kalapona, nā hōʻaiʻē kalapona a me ka eco-economy i hoʻokumu ʻia mai ko mākou hewa pope. Pono mākou e ʻike ʻaʻole ʻo ka Prius ka 'ōmaʻomaʻo ', me kāna mau ʻenekini keleawe e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ana i nā puʻu o British Columbia. Pono mākou e ʻike ua hana ʻia kā mākou ʻaʻahu Patagonia pili i ka honua, ma Kina. Akā naʻe, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, e like me kaʻu i ʻike mua ai, he hōʻailona ia o ka ʻenehana. ʻAʻole hiki, a ʻaʻole hoʻi, e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia a ʻike mākou i ka nui.
He liʻiliʻi ka pilikia o ka pāʻani ʻana me ka palekana - e noʻonoʻo i ka hiki ke hāʻawi aku ka ʻoihana kanaka i ka hoʻomehana ʻana o ka lewa o ka Honua. ʻO ka pōʻino wale nō i ke kāhea ʻana i kahi curb koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o CO2, ʻike wau, ʻo ia ka nui o nā hui aila a me nā kinoea e hoʻololi i kā lākou mau ala luku. Akā inā ʻo ka hoʻomehana honua e lilo i ʻīpuka no ka poʻe e hoʻohewa ākea i kā mākou hoʻokele honua, a ʻaʻole ke Akua, ʻo ka kapitalisme ʻoihana - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
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