As fears over the impact of climate change mount (the Arctic to be ice free by 2040?), we are being barraged with messages to change our ways. Various concerned parties (many of them, oddly, large oil companies) tell us: enough with the frivolous short-hop flights, how about a hybrid?, and turn the damned lights off after you!Meanwhile, Wired magazine, in a multimedia article that seems as gee-willikers upbeat about “progress” as a GM Futurama exhibit, reports that:”Between 2001 and 2012, almost as many skyscrapers will be constructed as were built in the entire 20th century.”This can’t be good news for polar bears, can it?