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Good Afternoon:

Another topic that needs addressing is the enviornment outside of the United States of America.  You've got to remember that the entire world is being threatened by global warning, not just the United States or our western allies who have good harvests, plenty of food, gasoline, oil, and creature comforts.

There are other parts of the world where global warning is effecting their environment at a much faster pace, and effecting their civilian population at a faster clip, too.  One of these places is called Darfur.

There are two million people living in Darfur.  And there, the land and their resources will make it impossible for many of its people to live the good life as evidenced by us on the other side of the world.

Desertification, soil erosion and shrinking rainfall will hurt its people and their livestock.  The "sober reality" (like the U.S. reality programs, only it's for REAL, not like the fake reality  programs we view on our tv's back home) is that people can't return to their homes or live the way they use to do things.

Andrew Morton, of Uneps' post-congflict and disaster management branch, said Darfur had seen conflicts over water and grazing land for generations, as a growing population competed for declining resources."  Now, because of global warming, there's even less for a growing population.  As these people move away from dwindling resources, they compete with people already lving in the south.  Which means, less for everyone living there.

The report covers the entire country and warns Sudan that no peace will be likely unless its rulers are prepared to meet the growth of deterioration of the land and its natural resources.  Mr. Steiner said "parts of the Sudan where the desert is moving steadily southwards, were facing ecological collaspe.  However, he doesn't seem to feel that it's too late to take action, which could be financed by booming oil and gas revenues."

The deterioration of the land is due to Sudan's farming practices including a livestock book from 27 million in 1961 to 135 million in 2007.  "Darfar's forest coverage shrank by a one third between 1973 and 2206, according to Unep."

In 80 years, Darfar has seen rain decreased one third from its average rainfall.  This lack of rainfall is expected to worsen as a result of a changing climate.

It makes you wonder how long it will take before the rest of the world wakes up and takes notice of this problem.  Problems don't remain isolated for very long.  They tend to become other people's problems over the long haul.  Peal  S. Buck had a saying and it went something like this:  "When the rich become too rich and the poor become too poor, there's revolution."

Makes you wonder if we can rephrase Ms. Buck's premonition into something like this:  "When the world gets too thirsty and only 20 percent holds the world's water resources in their hands, the world will erupt."

It makes sense, don't you think?

Let me know what you think.  My crystal bowl is in the repair shop!

Thanks,

Comments

[Jon]

You speak of global warming like it is a matter of "fact" when there are just as many climatologists who disagree with the so called theory of global warming. Ignore the liberal media and do the research.