Global warming is being discussed here in Peru just as much as it is in the states. The biggest difference that I have noticed is that there aren't people bickering about whether it does exist or if it doesn't. People here are just like, holy crap, global warming is screwing up a lot of things already what are we going to do about it/ we are going to need water to drink and if global warming keeps up we are going to be in serious trouble. Here is the deal, Peru has these glaciers that used to be big and beautiful but they have been melting quickly in the past few decades. They are at the point were people can't go skiing or ice climbing in those mountains any more and it doesn't look like it is getting any better. The glaciers are also the source for fresh water.
What has surprised me is that I haven't heard anyone here saying that global warming is a liberal myth and I don't think the catholic church here isn't issuing press releases saying that global warming is just a diversion from more important issues.
I know that I was being naive, but I guess I never realized the actual impact this kind of stuff has on the entire world (despite that global warming even contains the word "global"). But you know what I mean? I am not going to start preaching on partisanship and all that but it is sad to say that so little is being done about this issue. Just think about how much was done and how much money was spent for Y2k and we had even less evidence of its existence than we do of global warming's.
I am not one to think that the US is completely to blame, but we seriously need to pull our heads out of our butts on this one
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Maybe I'm out of touch with the American public, but I thought that pretty much everyone who doesn't work in the White House has agreed that global warming exists. Even Exxon has admitted it now.
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