Global Warming

[Seth8530]

so what do yall think? Is it phoney bologni, or is it real deal. Are we going to burn a hole is our o zone with cfc, or are they to heavy to get up there. Are we going to smother in co2 from our own machines, or could this all be "the inconvienent lie"

YALL DECIDE!

[Kapitan_Phillips]

It has the potential to be a threat, but its all bloated out so the government has an excuse to charge us a 'Green Tax'

[KevinB]

Were're all DOOMED. Let's pack our bags and get the hell outta here.
Any suggestions?

[Konovalov]

Winter finally arrived here in London today with a heavy blanket of snow.

My personal view on the topic is that blobal warming is happening right now. IMO there is no doubt about that. For me the question is how much of this global warming is because of us? :hmm:

[Oberon]

We got winter two days earlier than London, which is unusual for Suffolk, usually we get everything about fifty years after London.

There's definately something going on that's mucking things up, whether it's a natural process, or a man-made one...or even a natural process that's been made worse by man...that I can't say...though my money is on the last answer.

Now can we do something about it in time? At the moment, I'd say, yes we probably could...but our window of opportunity is closing fast...at some point in the next thirty years I'd say we'll hit the point of no return, and then it won't matter what we do because we'll have screwed ourselves.

[KevinB]

The main problem is that the planet is vastly overpopulated and there needs to be a drastic plan to bring it down. Perhaps take a lead out of China where they limit one child per family.
The other serious matter is the felling of the Amazon rainforest. Without this we are definitely in the deep S***

Seems NASA is saying that Mars is also warming. Last I checked there weren't any little green men driving SUVs and burning coal on Mars.

http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=17977

[robbo180265]

I think its definatly happening and the really terrible thing about it all is that the people who are contributing virtually nothing towards GW are the ones who will suffer the most, ie; Africa

It's interesting how us Brits accept that it's happening and real and our American friends here are still not sure (this is just an observation and not a dig I promise)

It was on the news the other day that by 2060 the UK may not have any more summers and that from then on it could be warm rain in the summer and cold rain in the winter(yeah I know - no change there)

What really is annoying is that if we have to abandon ship then the only ones who'll be able to afford to go, will be the rich g#ts who helped cause the problem in the first place - the likes of you and me will roast(or drown)

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

It has the potential to be a threat, but its all bloated out so the government has an excuse to charge us a 'Green Tax'

Darn right there Kapitan_Phillips have a drink on me.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by KevinB

The main problem is that the planet is vastly overpopulated and there needs to be a drastic plan to bring it down. Perhaps take a lead out of China where they limit one child per family.
The other serious matter is the felling of the Amazon rainforest. Without this we are definitely in the deep S***

The UN is on the case.

"The United Nation’s goal is to reduce population selectively by encouraging abortion, forced sterilization, and control human reproduction, and regards two-thirds of the human population as excess baggage, with 350,000 people to be eliminated per day." Jacques Cousteau, UNESCO Courier, November 1991.

[Boris]

The current problem is most of the worlds governments would rather have a healthy (and steadily growing) economy first, than a healthy planet.

They need to get their priorities sorted out.

[KevinB]

Originally Posted by STEED

The UN is on the case.

That's quite a chilling statement. I remember reading this quote sometime ago.
The other culprit is Henry Kissinger, yes him of the Club of Rome.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by KevinB

The main problem is that the planet is vastly overpopulated and there needs to be a drastic plan to bring it down. Perhaps take a lead out of China where they limit one child per family.
The other serious matter is the felling of the Amazon rainforest. Without this we are definitely in the deep S***

1.5 child per family - ie twins happens sometimes - should stabilize the population at 2 billion people. At our present rates and resource usage, we will die and science won't be able to save us if some crazy bombs our infrastructure or something. I predict mass starvation is in the worlds future because of some terrorists act, or even the act of another state (China comes to mind again).

ANyway, if anyone cares to see what our future holds, read up on Easter Island.

-S

[dean_acheson]

Well, if it is going to happen, I wish it would hurry up, it has been unseasonably cold here in the midwest....

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Boris

The current problem is most of the worlds governments would rather have a healthy (and steadily growing) economy first, than a healthy planet.

They need to get their priorities sorted out.

You can't have one without the other, good point I am tired of hearing " we won't do it if it will hurt the economy ", if that continues to be the attitude, we wil not have an economy to worry about.

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