Recently in the media, there's been a bit of a hullabaloo regarding global warming. The world has suddenly turned to pessimism or has had an epiphany of sorts regarding our doom. It's even possible that the government is diverting our attention away from more pressing and sensitive issues, but let's ingore that to entertain the possibilities of the repercussions of global warming. Time magazine claims that "a blue-ribbon panel of scientists say it's [the presence of fecal matter on the fan is] official" (1/19/07). Regardless, global warming is more or less a contribution of globalization as a result of the rampant construction of factories, excessive urbanization, and immense combustion of fossil fuels in every crevice of this forsaken planet. And as with many aspects of globalization that we have studied, global warming must have its own set of repercussions on public health. Recently, we've had terrible heat waves, but how will this affect us in the future? Will asthma, COPD, emphysema, and lung cancer be the top global terrorists? So to add to the hullabaloo and drain the half empty glass, what are other implications of globalization induced global warming?
Of course, eventually, the earth may just become a giant sauna and obesity will melt itself to butter, then oblivion; but for now, let's play it safe and worry like hell.
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I must say that you are a very entertaining writer. COPD at the top of the global terror list? What makes you think its not there already. Just because global warming has officially been recognized, that doesn't necessarily mean that it wasn't on the list before. The list is growing my friend, we must all work to start crossing parts off.
Love it Lawrence! Global warming has become more apparent as we have seen such drastic weather patterns in the last couple years, but maybe, if hotter temperatures aren't raising too many alarms, we should really focus on what this shift in environmental factors is actually doing to our health.
PS Melting obesity doesn't sound so nice... don't think I want to be around for that.
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