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    Greenland ice loss accelerating. Read it.

    Be responsible humans for one second, try reading something worthwhile. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8357537.stm Greenland ice loss 'accelerating' By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website The Ilulissat glacier has retreated by approximately 15km over the...
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    PSA: Spelling 'Ridiculous'

    It's with a fucking 'i', not an 'e'. Think of the word ridicule, to insult or belittle. Thank you.
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    Worth reading

    http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2041 Opinion Too Many People, Too Much Consumption Four decades after his controversial book, The Population Bomb, scientist Paul Ehrlich still believes that overpopulation — now along with overconsumption — is the central environmental crisis...
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    Stop The Revolution

    Another quandary. I could have sworn that Ninthward was just about the peak of the newschool's ski industry bubble, but I guess I was irrationally un-exuberant and now there are real additions taking the floor. See, e.g.: Moment; and as markers of success Armada and Joystick. But I would like to...
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    Words to Ignore

    Self destruction has always been cool. Kurt Cobain, infinitely cool. Chris Farley, cool. O.D.B., absolutely, undeniably cool. Snowboarding is a veritable factory of cool, not to mention product tie-ins. Whatever your take on the legitimacy of that sport as a something more than another market...
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    Sleds are the single most selfish and irresponsible addition to skiing

    Look at it from a soceo-economic standpoint. The social costs greatly outweigh the benefits. The costs lie in the danger of the activity and the severe environmental impacts while the only benefit that does not further the detriments is the enjoyment a small number of people reap. Sled-accessed...
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