Comments on: Kaplan on the environment and Bangladesh http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:32:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Nomad http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381680 Nomad Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:59:40 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381680 The attack on global warming deflects attention from the real truth of the matter - bad water management practices leads to salinity in soil and drought - but that's as true in California as it is in Bangladesh. In California, the disenfranchised don't tend to turn to radical Islam as a solution - but that's a whole otyher ballgame.... The attack on global warming deflects attention from the real truth of the matter – bad water management practices leads to salinity in soil and drought – but that’s as true in California as it is in Bangladesh. In California, the disenfranchised don’t tend to turn to radical Islam as a solution – but that’s a whole otyher ballgame….

]]> By: Arcane http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381674 Arcane Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:34:12 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381674 This is somewhat related to Kaplan: debunking the myth of the Third World, http://www.gapminder.org/video/talks/ted-2006---debunking-myth-about-the-third-world.html This is somewhat related to Kaplan: debunking the myth of the Third World, http://www.gapminder.org/video/talks/ted-2006—-debunking-myth-about-the-third-world.html

]]> By: mihnea http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381582 mihnea Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:53:23 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381582 i would agree with the fact that global warming presents yet another incentive for rural-urban migration, actually, because it does make sense if you stop to think about it. i also don't think people should make a bigger issue out of a simple post on the matter. cheers :) i would agree with the fact that global warming presents yet another incentive for rural-urban migration, actually, because it does make sense if you stop to think about it. i also don’t think people should make a bigger issue out of a simple post on the matter. cheers :)

]]> By: jim http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381581 jim Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:49:44 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381581 Yeah, I'm very skeptical how this can be attributed to global warming. It's not like monsoons are a new phenomenon there. And it's not like almost every country in the world hasn't faced the same issue of mass urbanization. I do look forward to the time a few decades from now, when the predicted global warming catastrophe has failed to happen, that we can finally get rid of this nonsensical doom-mongering. Sadly, the crazies past predictions of imminent doom never get held against them. Just look at the nutjob Lester Brown and his apocalyptic Worldwatch Institute. He's been predicting imminent doom for decades now, but is still taken seriously. Painful. Yeah, I’m very skeptical how this can be attributed to global warming. It’s not like monsoons are a new phenomenon there. And it’s not like almost every country in the world hasn’t faced the same issue of mass urbanization.

I do look forward to the time a few decades from now, when the predicted global warming catastrophe has failed to happen, that we can finally get rid of this nonsensical doom-mongering.

Sadly, the crazies past predictions of imminent doom never get held against them. Just look at the nutjob Lester Brown and his apocalyptic Worldwatch Institute. He’s been predicting imminent doom for decades now, but is still taken seriously. Painful.

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381574 Dan tdaxp Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:29:30 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/13/kaplan-on-the-environment-and-bangladesh/#comment-381574 The movement from the countryside to the city is happening in nearly every country and region of the world, because city income has a higher variance and a higher mean than farm income (you can make it big! and if not, at least get a better job than pushing manure), but in Bangladesh we blame this on global warming? Why? This is a poor post, from the hip final sentence to the lack of any sort of analysis over Kaplan's claim. The movement from the countryside to the city is happening in nearly every country and region of the world, because city income has a higher variance and a higher mean than farm income (you can make it big! and if not, at least get a better job than pushing manure), but in Bangladesh we blame this on global warming?

Why?

This is a poor post, from the hip final sentence to the lack of any sort of analysis over Kaplan’s claim.

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