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| Thread ID: 76517 | 2007-02-03 11:39:00 | Global Warming | mikebartnz (21) | PC World Chat |
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| 522308 | 2007-02-04 02:07:00 | so again, if we fail to act, and it turns out we should've acted, it's much worse than acting when we didn't need to | motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 522309 | 2007-02-04 02:17:00 | You're joking aren't you. It's irony, actually - G W doesn't seem much of a beardy sandal-wearing Eco-Warrior to me but still acknowledges the Global Warming problem. And, with respect, you call the news media "bloody hopeless" yet you began this thread by referring to a story from a Canadian national newspaper (look it up) I'd rather do something right now about a problem that I do know is occurring than wait for some major natural event/process to (probably not) occur and solve everything |
luvdoctor (11855) | ||
| 522310 | 2007-02-04 02:59:00 | hisz.rsoe.hu www.recombinomics.com Esp: An outbreak of bird flu on a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey manufacturer Bernard Matthews is the highly pathogenic H5N1 version of the virus which can kill humans, the European Commission said on Saturday. www.recombinomics.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 522311 | 2007-02-04 07:15:00 | [url]http://www.predictweather.com ________________ I know I will get Blah blah blan bloody Ken Ring blah blah etc Yep. You will. He's in there with all the tarot card readers, crystal sellers and magnetic blanket sellers. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 522312 | 2007-02-04 11:25:00 | So in summary, we are divided between those who earnestly think global warming is occuring - and we need to act now to slow it down against the others who suspect it is all a political plot or scaremongering by the media . I really don't know either . I do know that the sea is slowly acidifying through inorganic carbon absorption and that shellfish can't make decent shells . If they die, those creatures which eat them die and so on up the food chain to us . Bit of a worry . How about forgetting about global warming and just concentrate on anti-pollution . Really that is what Kyoto/carbon credits etc are all about . Most people can agree that pollution is bad for us and the environment . I'd just like to endorse Digby's population control thesis . I agree wholeheartedly and believe that human expansion both economically and in sheer numbers of people is a far greater and immediate threat than the postulated warming . |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 522313 | 2007-02-04 11:50:00 | So in summary, we are divided between those who earnestly think global warming is occuring - and we need to act now to slow it down against the others who suspect it is all a political plot or scaremongering by the media . I really don't know either . I do know that the sea is slowly acidifying through inorganic carbon absorption and that shellfish can't make decent shells . If they die, those creatures which eat them die and so on up the food chain to us . Bit of a worry . How about forgetting about global warming and just concentrate on anti-pollution . Really that is what Kyoto/carbon credits etc are all about . Most people can agree that pollution is bad for us and the environment . I'd just like to endorse Digby's population control thesis . I agree wholeheartedly and believe that human expansion both economically and in sheer numbers of people is a far greater and immediate threat than the postulated warming . Actually, I thought that global warming is a fact that all scientists accept . It is just the cause(s) that is/are difficult to pinpoint . It seems that the earth (and now as we see, Mars) has been cycling through periods of warming and cooling since forever, but it also seems that human activity has put a large amount of "greenhouse" gases into the atmosphere . Local pollution, and as someone has written already, the danger of over-dependence on fossil fuels and the lack of substitutes and alternatives, are probably more realistic targets . New Zealand is in a very dangerous position in terms of fuel security . A sudden end in oil supply or a large price rise would be devastating . New Zealanders are strongly anti-nuclear, so there are no realistic substitutes or alternatives in sight . To give yourself a good fright, see the documentary Peak Oil ( . net . au/4corners/special_eds/20060710/" target="_blank">abc . net . au) . Even the US Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson appears quite frightened in it . |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 522314 | 2007-02-04 12:34:00 | Be an instant expert on Bird Flu: www.newscientist.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 522315 | 2007-02-04 12:51:00 | Global Warming? Bring it on, Hopefully it will wipe out the hippies,greenies and the media. Careful Metla, I once hugged a tree to death.:angry |
JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 522316 | 2007-02-04 19:29:00 | How about forgetting about global warming and just concentrate on anti-pollution. Yes why not. But it might interfere with profit. In todays paper Soutland only has 1 of 8 areas for shellfish collecting thats safe. 27 sites are not safe to swim in, including the Mataura. because of all the cow poo. Typical green NZ. Green from cow poo. I don't think it would be a big loss to the planet if people did help themselves to become extinct. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 522317 | 2007-02-04 23:13:00 | But it might interfere with profit.There you have the real crux of the problem. Until, the problems start impacting on "short-term" profits (i.e. the current financial year), nothing of any real significance will be done, because the executives running companies have their bonuses linked only to current year performance. | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
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