Quote:
| Originally Posted by 749er Are you nuts or what?
its not just CO2 production, it is also the unprecedented deforrestation of the planet which is a significant factor
Tell me exactly what is pretty about pylons stretching out across the landscape, acid rain or leukemia clusters?
Speaking as a Scot tell me what will be left of the Scottish islands when the sea level rises 9m as predicted by some models?
Millions of years ago, there were far fewer people and cows etc were not farmed then as they are now. There is no comparison to be made with planet we have today.
THERE IS NO DOUBT GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSED BY MAN UNLESS YOUR NAME IS GEORGE W BUSH! ASK ANY SCIENTIST!
There is as much energy used in the production of a car as it uses in its lifetime, so by that metric wind farms are spectacularly successful. Do you have any idea how much more CO2 is produced in the building of a nuclear power station? Until nuclear fusion comes along wind and wave are the best we have. Incidentally, when the UK government did a study in the early 80s or so as to what was the cheapest/most environemtally friendly way of producing energy, nuclear came out on top. Then once the go ahead for Sizewell B, THORP (Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant) etc had all gone through someone noticed wave power was the best way forward and there was an error in the calcs. The cynics among us might suggest that you cant build nuclear weapons with wave power but you can with nuclear power stations and the lunacy of THORP.
As for taxation,if you pollute you should pay to clean it up. Its not my world or yours. Its everyones, and those who follow us should find it in a decent condition.
Sorry, rant over, but really, the world needs to wake up to how close to disaster it is. As mentioned above, the UKs climate as it is just now is not assured of remaining as it is and is entirely dependant upon the salinity of the Atlantic seawater. Melting ice means no conveyor for the warm air of the tropics which means Moscow comes to London for Winter. |
Hey its healthy to rant!! My problem and I do have children is that even with a major effort on our part (Great Britain) it is just a drop in the ocean... I read that even if all vehicles were banned from UK roads now, within one year China would not only have made up the difference but added 50%!
I tend to think history shows that the earth sorts itself out... i.e overpopulation = disease, global warming = destruction of current civilisation and introduction of new one a few thousand years later. Same with war etc etc..... Im not being negative just taking the veiw that no one with any power is going to do anything about it until its too late and until then I thought I would enjoy the warmer weather and build a deep underground bunker for my children in my spare time....... but now after reading the replies which indicate that this global warming isnt going to provide me and my 1098s with 320 days of perfect riding weather I may become a polititian and do something about it.... I mean you even get to sh*g a cheeky girl as a perk!!