Will the effects of climate change kill the ski industry?
Some experts are saying the global warming is threatening the ski industry in the Alps, as you could read in the British newspaper The Independent on the 16th of June 2009. In very very short, this article says that the effects of global warming are already visible on the European ski slopes and it should not get any better any time soon. I suggest you take a look at the article, but also read the comments left by readers at the end of the article. Some of them are calling the article alarmist, some are supporting it but mostly, some readers are advancing interesting arguments to support their views, whether they agree with the article or not.
I think that, no matter how much we believe in the threat of global warming, it’s better to play it safe. In response to the climate change warnings, and to make sure I would still get to go on ski vacations in the future, I have adopted in the past few years a few eco-friendly habits (mostly in the recycling and green transport areas) and I think I’m not the only one.
Any of you mountain sport lovers has adopted in your everyday life behaviours that are more respectful of the environment?
Ski industry will not die. The scary thing is that industry has already answer to global warming and the products that can create artificial snow till +8°C.
We should definately respect more the mother Earth and don’t do so much bad things to her.
Climate change is just that, it will change. In the US we had several winters that didn’t not snow much, then we had some that it snowed too much. In my opinion the economic policies of trying to control the environment are far more damaging to the ski industry, and all business for that matter, then any perceived effect humans can have on the environment.
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