global etiquette
There was a newsweek article this week on how global warming is not all bad, and may in fact lead to a time of major (positive) change of the human civilisation. They even managed to come up with a list of nations and businesses that would benefit, and some that would suffer, from global warming, other than the major contributors to greenhouse gases. (China's prospective 800 new plants and good ol' skeptical, kyoto-hating USA, to list some)
Even with (or even because of) the increase in temperature and water levels, there will be gainers in Singapore as well, along with the losers.
Winner number 1: Jack Neo, soon he'll break into international markets with new movies about global warming (something the world experiences) making singaporean lives worse, dragging the government and some ethnic races for that extra spice of local-ness. Also, the StarMex aircon will experience collosal popularity when singaporeans realise they need constant air conditioning against a hotter-but-still-as-mother-humid-as-ever weather.
Winner number 2: The flip-flop and singlet factories. With the rising temperatures more people will be inclined to chuck the shoes and shirts for the cooler, more ventilated comforts of singlets, shorts and flip flops. Some upscale boutiques with more-revealing-than-normal clothing may also find increases in sales.
Winner number 3: Schoolgirls with a preference towards shorter skirts. Now they've got a reason to air their legs! Wandering discipline-masters-cum-p.e.-teachers may be more understanding of their plight and be forgiving. Unless they're jealous.
Loser number 1: Schoolguys who like keeping long hair. Even if teachers don't care, keeping long hair in such temperatures wouldn't be too comfortable, unless you've got a portable aircon.
Loser number 2: Singaporean general public. Increased heat, with our humidity? Even touching stories of singaporeans enduring the sweltering heat while making a living won't be enough to lift spirits.
Loser number 3: Government. Now medical subsidies for drowning, heat stroke, skin cancer and sunburn will be higher. Also, previous efforts to reclaim land by dumbing soil in the sea have been undermined as rising sea levels reclaim it back. Government thus has to use more taxpayers money to pour more sand to get back Singapore's precious land.
Okay never mind i just happened to feel quite stupid today. Anyway i still think it is a selfish move by America to have rejected the Kyoto protocol, despite its arguments that developing countries like China and India were not included even though their emmisions by the end of 2012 would be 5 times more than the amount reduced by adhering to te protocol. While it may act as a way to force other nations to push the treaty to include all nations, every bit of reduction in emmisions would be a help to prevent a situation of a straw breaking the camels back-global catastrophe.
save yourself if noone else
Even with (or even because of) the increase in temperature and water levels, there will be gainers in Singapore as well, along with the losers.
Winner number 1: Jack Neo, soon he'll break into international markets with new movies about global warming (something the world experiences) making singaporean lives worse, dragging the government and some ethnic races for that extra spice of local-ness. Also, the StarMex aircon will experience collosal popularity when singaporeans realise they need constant air conditioning against a hotter-but-still-as-mother-humid-as-ever weather.
Winner number 2: The flip-flop and singlet factories. With the rising temperatures more people will be inclined to chuck the shoes and shirts for the cooler, more ventilated comforts of singlets, shorts and flip flops. Some upscale boutiques with more-revealing-than-normal clothing may also find increases in sales.
Winner number 3: Schoolgirls with a preference towards shorter skirts. Now they've got a reason to air their legs! Wandering discipline-masters-cum-p.e.-teachers may be more understanding of their plight and be forgiving. Unless they're jealous.
Loser number 1: Schoolguys who like keeping long hair. Even if teachers don't care, keeping long hair in such temperatures wouldn't be too comfortable, unless you've got a portable aircon.
Loser number 2: Singaporean general public. Increased heat, with our humidity? Even touching stories of singaporeans enduring the sweltering heat while making a living won't be enough to lift spirits.
Loser number 3: Government. Now medical subsidies for drowning, heat stroke, skin cancer and sunburn will be higher. Also, previous efforts to reclaim land by dumbing soil in the sea have been undermined as rising sea levels reclaim it back. Government thus has to use more taxpayers money to pour more sand to get back Singapore's precious land.
Okay never mind i just happened to feel quite stupid today. Anyway i still think it is a selfish move by America to have rejected the Kyoto protocol, despite its arguments that developing countries like China and India were not included even though their emmisions by the end of 2012 would be 5 times more than the amount reduced by adhering to te protocol. While it may act as a way to force other nations to push the treaty to include all nations, every bit of reduction in emmisions would be a help to prevent a situation of a straw breaking the camels back-global catastrophe.
save yourself if noone else
posted by slipperdan at 9:40 PM
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