(March 26, 2019 at 10:04 pm)Jehanne Wrote:(March 26, 2019 at 4:53 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote: Believe it or not, humanity is making steady progress on climate change. It will speed up in the next decade.
Too little too late; the rate of CO2 continues to climb:
NOAA -- CO2 trends
In about 1982, I had a conspiracy nut friend, he was also brilliant. His greatest concern was global warming.
Before the internet, so he corresponded and subscribed to a range of scholarly publications. It was his opinion that we needed to reduce carbon emissions by 20% THEN. That if we did not, it would be too late within 10 years.
I think his timing may have been a bit off. However, I have a strong suspicion that it is too late now. Selfish of me I know, but I'm hoping I will be dead before climate change becomes dreadfully inconvenient to me personally. Eg first few miles inland of my city underwater, average summer temperature 50C, not enough water to drink, that kind of thing. I think that's all coming.
Our erstwhile chronically Catholic Prime Minister, Tony Abbot ,was and remains a climate change denier. Although no longer debatable as far as I'm concerned, there are still a distressing large number of people still refuse to accept facts.
Glad I never had children. Also pleased that I don't live in say Holland. I wonder how much of the UK will be flooded?
