Comments on: Urban Chill Factor http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2009/11/urban-chill-factor/ Creative Ideas for a Greener Future Mon, 21 May 2012 15:57:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GSP http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2009/11/urban-chill-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-236 GSP Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:28:17 +0000 /conmag/?p=4712#comment-236 What a fascinating article to challenge our preconceived notions about carbon storage. I wouldn't take an article like this evidence of a "cities good / jungles bad" dichotomy nor would do I think that the author has forgotten about the myriad benefits of unspoiled tropical forests (this is Conservation Magazine, isn't it?) However, unless you seriously advocate the preemptive removal (i.e. genocide) of billions of people then we should be glad that there is more evidence that cities can be part of a future where people live as efficiently as possible. What a fascinating article to challenge our preconceived notions about carbon storage. I wouldn’t take an article like this evidence of a “cities good / jungles bad” dichotomy nor would do I think that the author has forgotten about the myriad benefits of unspoiled tropical forests (this is Conservation Magazine, isn’t it?) However, unless you seriously advocate the preemptive removal (i.e. genocide) of billions of people then we should be glad that there is more evidence that cities can be part of a future where people live as efficiently as possible.

]]> By: Alberto Gallardo http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2009/11/urban-chill-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Alberto Gallardo Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:06:04 +0000 /conmag/?p=4712#comment-235 Have you ever been in a jungle? There is more to consider than a single variable. Carbon is indeed important, but is not everything that matters. Just rememeber that a forest is more than the sum of the trees (or carbon!). Have you ever been in a jungle? There is more to consider than a single variable. Carbon is indeed important, but is not everything that matters. Just rememeber that a forest is more than the sum of the trees (or carbon!).

]]> By: Alberto Gallardo http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2009/11/urban-chill-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Alberto Gallardo Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:04:41 +0000 /conmag/?p=4712#comment-234 Have you ever been in a jungle? There is more to consider than a single variable. Carbon is indeed important, but is not everything that matters. Just rememeber that a forest is more than the sum of the trees. Have you ever been in a jungle? There is more to consider than a single variable. Carbon is indeed important, but is not everything that matters. Just rememeber that a forest is more than the sum of the trees.

]]> By: Alex Gangur http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2009/11/urban-chill-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Alex Gangur Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:43:32 +0000 /conmag/?p=4712#comment-233 Tropical rainforests also don't harbour large populations of ravenous human consumers to generate nitrous and sulphurous oxides and other toxic wastes and virtually indiscriminately shread habitats of their resources. Am I the only one who thinks this interpretation of data sounds like a piss-poor attempt to justify the environmental degradation associated with human growth and expansion? Tropical rainforests also don’t harbour large populations of ravenous human consumers to generate nitrous and sulphurous oxides and other toxic wastes and virtually indiscriminately shread habitats of their resources.

Am I the only one who thinks this interpretation of data sounds like a piss-poor attempt to justify the environmental degradation associated with human growth and expansion?

]]> By: Felipe Melo http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2009/11/urban-chill-factor/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Felipe Melo Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:47:15 +0000 /conmag/?p=4712#comment-232 This is wrong! How much carbon is emitted to build cities? Surely more than that stored. This is wrong! How much carbon is emitted to build cities? Surely more than that stored.

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