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The Tourist Trap

A Point of View

CHAPTER

The Radical Solution to Climate Change

The behaviour of armies or small numbers of 18th century travellers doesn't really touch what we're up against today. Of course, given the will, we could come up with solutions. How about applying the same principle to bits of human beauty? I'm thinking of the discovery in 1940 of the Lasko Caves with their Paleolithic wall paintings. Opened to the public in 1948, they were an immediate tourist attraction. By the late 50s it was clear that human breath and our desire to see the early markings of our ancestors would make their preservation impossible.

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