OK, so Al Gore and The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) won the Nobel Peace Prize today for their efforts toward climate change awareness and mitigation. That’s impressive. But I think that for the folks still in doubt killing off a civilization, in virtuality, with green house gases is more likely to change their minds.
Thank goodness SimCity Societies is offering just such an option. Nothing gets the point home like hands on simulation. I think this might mean I need to stop making fun of my brother-in-law for spending entire days in his basement with a 2 L of extra caffeinated Pepsi.
‘The game does not force players to power their cities any specific way, but allows them to make choices, each of which come with advantages and disadvantages. Similar to real-life, the least expensive and most readily-available buildings in SimCity Societies are also the biggest producers of carbon dioxide, an invisible gas that contributes to global warming. Should players choose to build cities dependent on these types of sources for power to conserve their in-game money, their carbon ratings will rise and, at reaching critical levels, the game will issue alerts about the threat of the various natural disasters like droughts, heat waves and others that may strike their cities.’ via boingboing
