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[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by bradders

The main issue for us in Britain is that none of the rest of the world, except maybe sweden and noway, will take any action...but we will and that will cost money, jobs and goodness knwos what!!

What is it with the Brits that they always feel like they're being ripped off by the rest of the world?

Dude, are you refering to that news of funds pledged by European countries? If so, I can read many names of rich nations in there:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8407112.stm

And even though Brown says the UK's promise was the highest (in case that's what you were refering to), French medias are talking about a 50-50 repartition of the UK-France joint promise... So, who knows?

[Capo]

Burt Rutan makes a convincing case (and exposes a few 'untruths') and this was before the UEA exposure.

http://rps3.com/Pages/Burt_Rutan_on_Climate_Change.htm

[007]

Originally Posted by Tonio600

What is it with the Brits that they always feel like they're being ripped off by the rest of the world?

Dude, are you refering to that news of funds pledged by European countries? If so, I can read many names of rich nations in there:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8407112.stm

And even though Brown says the UK's promise was the highest (in case that's what you were refering to), French medias are talking about a 50-50 repartition of the UK-France joint promise... So, who knows?

I must say I always try to buy green products. Super unleaded from the green pump is a must for my all of my V8 household appliancies. I've also fitted really expensive platinised catalytic converters to my Ducati, emissions are very low indeed and it makes one whole horsepower!

[Guido]

Well all I say on it (working in the renewables industry) is that the Met Office has been looking at it (the weather) far longer than some of these government f-wits and even they still can't get it bluddy right.....so what chance has anyone else.........

[MJS]

Originally Posted by keith888

Remember the ozone hole? We came pretty close to destroying a highly important protective layer of the planet so saying that nothing we do will influence the planet is somewhat unjustified.

Keith

ps I am a Scientist and have never manipulated data and rarely thrown teddies.

Keith

I have re-read what I posted and can see how it comes across.

I didn't mean to imply that nothing we do will influence the planet, rather that nothing we do will influence the long-term always happening changes that have happened throughout the life of the planet, whether there was human life here or not.

Yes of course we can make a difference to the dramatic changes we are seeing.

[Tonio600]

I'm only 30 so I can't really remember how the climate was 20 years ago or before. But I am really concerned at the number of floods or even hurricanes hitting our shores nowadays.

So yes I think things are changing, and not in the best possible way.

But then we leave in such a moaners and cry babies society, I can understand how climate change can become a very easy target.