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The Threat to the Planet
by possibly noteworthy at 10:26 am EDT, Jun 30, 2006 |
An Inconvenient Truth is about Gore himself as well as global warming. It shows the man that I met in the 1980s at scientific roundtable discussions, passionate and knowledgeable, true to the message he has delivered for years. It makes one wonder whether the American public has not been deceived by the distorted images of him that have been presented by the press and television. Perhaps the country came close to having the leadership it needed to deal with a grave threat to the planet, but did not realize it. We have reached a critical tipping point. We have at most ten years -- not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions. If we do not, climate disasters will become unavoidable. When nations must abandon large parts of their land because of rising seas, what will our liability be? And will our children, as adults in the world, carry a burden of guilt, as Germans carried after World War II?
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RE: The Threat to the Planet
by Lost at 12:33 pm EDT, Jun 30, 2006 |
possibly noteworthy wrote: An Inconvenient Truth is about Gore himself as well as global warming. It shows the man that I met in the 1980s at scientific roundtable discussions, passionate and knowledgeable, true to the message he has delivered for years. It makes one wonder whether the American public has not been deceived by the distorted images of him that have been presented by the press and television. Perhaps the country came close to having the leadership it needed to deal with a grave threat to the planet, but did not realize it. We have reached a critical tipping point. We have at most ten years -- not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions. If we do not, climate disasters will become unavoidable. When nations must abandon large parts of their land because of rising seas, what will our liability be? And will our children, as adults in the world, carry a burden of guilt, as Germans carried after World War II?
Gore actually said on the Daily Show that Global Warming is a greater threat to humanity than Global Thermonuclear War with them Soviets was. I mean, gimme a break. He makes it pretty easy to dismiss him as an extremist. Not to say that his message is wrong, but I hope he's not running for public office again. |
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RE: The Threat to the Planet
by dc0de at 1:04 pm EDT, Jun 30, 2006 |
possibly noteworthy wrote: We have at most ten years -- not ten years to decide upon action, but ten years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions. If we do not, climate disasters will become unavoidable. When nations must abandon large parts of their land because of rising seas, what will our liability be? And will our children, as adults in the world, carry a burden of guilt, as Germans carried after World War II?
Ok, I've seen hundreds of studies claiming that "global warming" is occurring, yet the evidence is not actually there. Global sea levels have FALLEN in the recent years, and there are parts of the world where it has gotten COLDER. If it is indeed "GLOBAL", it would be really nice to see someone come up with a scientific reason why it is not "Globally Applicable" or "Globally Measurable". This "doom & gloom" is just another round of "managing" people with fear, IMAO, since we don't have a "Cold War", "Evil Red Army", "Global Thermo-Nuclear War", "Oil Embargo", "Weather Alert 2005", "Hurricane Pre-Warning Warning Watch" or some other overblown, over exaggerated risk to keep people from coming to a general concensus about how we should treat our environment. READ THIS ------------------------ READ THIS ---------------- Before the flames ensue, please note the following: 1. I am FOR reduced CO2 and other noxius emissions
2. I believe that we need to recycle over 75% of our waste
3. I believe that there are functional systems today, that we could adopt to help us to move toward our goals, IF WE HAD ANY THAT COULD BE MEASURED and AGREED UPON
4. I am simply stating that the "Chicken Little" model of risk management get's old after a while... ("a while" being measured in the last ~15 years of fringe [left & right] control, and the media being a doom & gloom engine.) Anyway... My rant is over.. .time to get back to killing the planet... |
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