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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Gaffers on 26 July 2009, 07:59:19

Title: One for NickBat
Post by: Gaffers on 26 July 2009, 07:59:19
Amazingly found this on BBC.....  :o :o :o

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8167209.stm
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: waspy on 26 July 2009, 08:17:42
We should all send this link to our MP's. Tell them to get off the band wagon & to also stop taxing us for something we're still unsure as to why it's happening. What goes around, comes around & it will for many many years to come.
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: MikeDundee on 26 July 2009, 08:19:08
That gives a very straightforward answer in terms of the affects of global warming  ::)........I am now convinced :-/
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: Auto Addict on 26 July 2009, 08:23:07
Exactly!
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: mantahatch on 26 July 2009, 09:27:36
No government around the world is going to back track on this yet, they need "enviromental taxes" more now than ever, maybe in better times they will say we have now fixed the climate problem but need to keep the taxes in place to keep on top of it. It is much like road taxes, the road users pay far more than is needed to maintain our road network. But do we see any reduction in it ?
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: Nickbat on 26 July 2009, 11:00:32
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Amazingly found this on BBC.....  :o :o :o

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8167209.stm


Thanks, Gaffers. Good link!  :y

Very interesting that the BBC are carrying this. The truth is surfacing, albeit slowly.
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: omegaman1973 on 26 July 2009, 11:09:59
Wow, global warming,at least we might be able to have a decent summer, i feel horrible, so i might just fire up the beast, and, try to make sure i'll have enough sun this year :)
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 26 July 2009, 12:38:43
Seems that the notion of having predictions based on the latest data sets has been going for a while...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8050094.stm


irrespective of where the science takes us, the end result will always be the same...........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7974972.stm


More broadly, the government is only recommending an allowance for how much carbon we should use.

Given that climate change is now threatening irreversible catastrophic changes to life on Earth, as Nasa's Jim Hansen projected recently, surely governments should set rules for economic behaviour that causes climate change, rather than guidelines.
Implicit in the concept of carbon labels is that our private choices are always in line with the public interest, namely curbing carbon emissions.




.....the text highlighted gives an indication of what's in store for each and every one us.
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: Nickbat on 26 July 2009, 15:09:52
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Seems that the notion of having predictions based on the latest data sets has been going for a while...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8050094.stm


irrespective of where the science takes us, the end result will always be the same...........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7974972.stm


More broadly, the government is only recommending an allowance for how much carbon we should use.

Given that climate change is now threatening irreversible catastrophic changes to life on Earth, as Nasa's Jim Hansen projected recently, surely governments should set rules for economic behaviour that causes climate change, rather than guidelines.
Implicit in the concept of carbon labels is that our private choices are always in line with the public interest, namely curbing carbon emissions.



.....the text highlighted gives an indication of what's in store for each and every one us.


My re-highlighting of an absolute untruth.  :(
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: Nickbat on 26 July 2009, 15:16:34
Here's a good paper (in PDF format) by the Australian Joanne Nova:

http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/climate_money.pdf

It's all about money (no surprise there, then).  >:(
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: KillerWatt on 26 July 2009, 17:09:34
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maybe in better times they will say we have now fixed the climate problem
What amazes me is that there are actually people out there who truly believe that money can beat mother nature.
Title: Re: One for NickBat
Post by: Banjax on 26 July 2009, 19:03:00
i've said this before - so excuse me - we're in an ice age at the moment - evidenced by the ice at the poles of our planet, most of the time through earths history theres no ice at the poles - so for the ice to be melting and receding is no great surprise....

what is a problem is our rapidly depleting natural resources - thats what i'd be worried about.....if i gave a monkeys..... :y