RE: global warming
What about the 'wonderful' Leo, I think he said much the same ,, hint, hint
RE: global warming
outside of thermonuclear genocide of the whole human race, I dont think we, as a species, can do much to hurt the earth.
in that case- genocide- the earth would recover in a few thousands of years and life, or whatever it had become, would continue.
all we can do, as a people, is foul our own nest to the point it becomes untenable for human life. Nature will clean up our mess and carry on after we're gone.
sad that man is the only animal on earth that will sh*t in his own nest. to bad that we are such slow learners.
RE: global warming
I haven't a clue about weather - oops, sorry - about whether the present warming is due to humanity. But the jury actually does still seem to be out, and intelligently so. Dr. David Bellamy again today in The Daily Mail has almost a page on which he's persuasively saying governments are about to spend trillions of pounds on something nothing to do with us. He has more scientific detail, but in essence he follows the first post on this thread - that small fluctuations, and not so small at all, of temperatures going up and down, up and down, have always been going on just as we now are experiencing. So he does provoke thought. 😮 Grab an old copy if you can.
An interesting problem, global warming, is now made even more interesting. That's really interesting. Seriously. For if this is just nature doing its own usual thing, as many are now concluding, it would be an absolute disaster to spend (waste) such vast amounts of money, and also to uselessly change lifestyles, also changing the geopolitical structure. And the politicos can now argue that. On the other hand, the ecological warriers, if right, must be heeded. Hmm. How does a diverse world of many nations decide what to do when we are not sure if there is a problem - and I'm now convinced that the case has yet to be made that there is.
Btw, the film, DAY AFTER TOMORROW is NOT "true of course" 😉 . Apparently in that movie spectacular things all happen at once, Hollywood style. The way it's really "going to be" is the way it is now ... so slowly that you won't notice a thing from one year to another.
(Except for in Britain where the weather can do no right. 😀 )
Venetian
RE: global warming
You don't seriously read the Daily Mail, do you, venetian? Someone like you with a brain the size of a planet and a heart the size of a solar system?
(That's enough - I'll wipe the rest but leave the above as a reminder of my own lack of charity...)
RE: global warming
I like David Bellamy because he is a commonsense individual and I read the Mail too;)
When I have time I also read the Times which recently had the most intelligent feature on Stem Cell Therapy.
I like the Mail as it is quick to read, and you do get helpful articles on health there every Tuesday. I like the Times because it is a slow read and fills in the gaps that the Mail leaves.
The Mail is too celebrity orientated, but, like HP you don't have to read what you don't want to!!!
And, although my brain is a fair size, I still can't do the Times crossword so to be able to resort to the Mail is a Blessing:)
BigVoice, that is rather condemnatory of you? Not like you at all.[:-] Said in jest I expect;)
As for Global warming, I totally support David Bellamy, what a load of old tosh. The earth itself makes, has made and will make more pollution than we could ever hope to.
Yes, we do have to take care of the earth, as the earth nourishes us in turn. So to abuse our own planet is a really stupid thing to do, but since even children in far flung villages in third world countries ( and I say this with certain knowledge as my sponsored child in Sri Lanka writes and tells me so) now learn about environmental issues, I think we are beginning to have the respect for the planet that is due to Her.
Love Gillyxxx