Romanian politics, policies and politicians should take stock and act accordingly, given that Romania could indeed be a promised land in the future green world
No one in the scientific world doubts that global warming takes place and that human activities have their part in it, with the emission of CO2 in the atmosphere. Things are more complex, though, in the world of politics, since the biggest CO2 emitters - namely USA, China, India and Russia – are reluctant to cut down on their emission of fear that would trigger an economic slowdown, and consequently social unrest.
Quite an unexpected turn of events took place at the Global Conference in Bali, set to decide over new strategies for reducing the global heating, which follows the Kyoto Conference, set to end in 2012. Just as the deadlock was obvious to all, as the United States refused to agree on the proposed agreement, the representative of the Papua New Guinea told the US representative: “If you cannot lead, why don't you go out of our way?!”. As it happened, the US representative gave up his country's veto right.
The outlook for using fossil fuels took a turn for the worse globally, as the price of oil continues to surge. This further promotes alternative sources of energy, like wind-mills and solar panels. At the same time, however, this also made people reconsider the use of coal, as a cheaper fossil fuel. However, coal is more damaging to the environment than even oil.
On this background it becomes clearer than ever the need to step firmly into the age of green technology, which means marketing energy sourced in the power of the wind, water and sun, while at the same time conserving and expanding the green areas, particularly forests.
Let us go back to the effects of global warming on our country.
Mathematical models for the effects of the global warming showe
