morfe
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12 years on
Jan 28, 2004, 23:03
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"On November 18, 1992, the Union of Concerned Scientists, representing over 1,500 of the world's leading scientists (including 99 Nobel laureates), issued an Urgent Warning to Humanity that implored all peoples of the world to halt the accelerating damage to Mother Earth's life support systems. The scientists warned us that we may have as little as ten years to avert the environmental disasters that now confront us"
http://www.sumeria.net/politics/enviro.html
So, 2004, any thoughts, kind people?
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MonkeyBoy
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Re: 12 years on
Jan 28, 2004, 23:14
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Snow earlier today, then an electrical storm & then hale. Up until now I never thought of thunder as occuring in winter. We is f*cked right.
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PaulMakesMusic
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Re: 12 years on
Jan 29, 2004, 02:45
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Personally, I think that 10, or 12 years is too short a time for the impact to be measurable. Perhaps five hundred years is required. It caan always be argued that extremes and fluctuations int he weather patterns are just part of an acceptable natural deviation. Having said that, scarcely a month/season/year goes by without it being the wettest/hottest/windiest/somethingelsest since records began. Undoubtedly this is partly because of the relatively short period that records have been kept, but it's also potentially an indicator that patterns are changing.
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morfe
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Re: 12 years on
Jan 29, 2004, 03:03
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Paul if you get the time, take a good read of the full article, it covers most of modern life, not just cliamte problems. You'll be needing a good half hour but it's an awesome work.
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morfe
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Re: 12 years on
Jan 29, 2004, 03:04
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make that an hour. Huge bibliography tacked on the end also.
Required reading for every humanoid. Pass around!
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PaulMakesMusic
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Re: 12 years on
Jan 29, 2004, 03:10
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Tomorrow, Mr Morfe. A journey up the wooden hills to bedfordshire is imminent.
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