Sunday, November 30, 2008

Climate Change and Job Opportunities

Job opportunity is not equal. Inequalities exist in the whole world. There are rich countries and poor third world countries. Wealth distribution is not equal but the earth is doing its best to equalize everything...to have harmony. The rich countries protect themselves. They have jobs, produce, and wealth. The need to burn fossil fuels to power their industry. Third world countries also need power. They need energy to do manual work. They need to feed their families. Because of inequalities in the opportunity they have to cut trees, sell the logs or convert them to charcoal in order to have cash to buy food and other commodities. They cut the trees that convert the carbon dioxide emitted from the industries of the rich countries. The result is accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This has increase the earth's temperature that is thawing the glaciers. It is already happening now. There is already change in the climate. In the tropics, we are already feeling the effects. We are having unpredictable weather. Rains are heavier, summer are warmer, floods are more frequently occurring. This change on weather are also affecting the the rich countries. Nowadays they have more frequent floods, there is less snow fall and winter is shorter. Everybody is affected, rich or poor, and the solution is difficult to to do. It magnitude must be global. Less emission of carbon dioxide from the industries has to be complemented by less cutting of tress and planting of more. It can be done. Rich countries can help plant trees in the third countries and they have to provide income opportunities to people in the third word countries especially food. Action in each point of the globe has global repercussion.

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