Thursday, November 30, 2006

"It's great to see this, and the Blogs on the issue of climate change. I believe climate change is, quite simply, the biggest threat facing our planet.

The case for urgent action is overwhelming. We are all in this together, and we must al do our bit. Tackling climate change is a shared responsibility. With government giving a lead, individuals, communities and businesses have an important part to play.

I believe a consensus is emerging amongst all these groups in favor of decisive and robust action. That is exactly what we need."

David Cameron
Leader of the Conservative Party

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hasn't the earth always had climate change? There were times in the distant past when we had no ice caps at all. What caused that?? And times of ice ages. Did we cause them?? What about variations in the energy output of the sun? The sun has more cycles then just the eleven year cycle. Look it up. How about variations in the procession of the equinox? Variations in the tilt of the axis of the earth? The effects of the passage of the solar system though the galactic arms? One huge volcanic eruption can put out more greenhouse gases then we could put out in a hundred years. How come the polar caps on Mars are shrinking? Are we causing global warming on Mars? Pluto's atmosphere is thicking as it moves FURTHER from the sun. Pluto is getting warmer. Pluto's atmosphere should be getting thinner and colder, not warmer. Could it have something to do with the energy output of the sun?? There is at least one, and possibly more moons of Saturn and Jupiter also warming up. Sound like our greenhouse gas emissions are affecting maybe the whole solar system!!!! What caused the global warming that started in the 800s or 900s and lasted until the late 1300s? Was it us? What caused the cooler period after that time? Did we do that too?
If you ask me, I think that there are still too many questions to be asked before we go blaming humans for most of the global warming. I bet we are responsible for less then 2% of the warming, and natural cycles are responsible for more then 98% of the warming. I think we could spend all of our money to try and stop it and it will still happen. Meanwhile our countrys will be broke, we will be living in poverty, and global warming will still take place anyways. Do you want your children to have nothing and live in poverty?? I don't think so.
Why have it cost us all trillions of dollars when, at best, we might only slow the inevitable. We could spend the money to help us adapt to the warmer conditions. Or how about helping the poor. Use the money to biuld more hospitals or pay for medical care for those unfortunates who cannot afford health care. There are too many hungry mouths to feed in this world, kids going hungry and starving to death, and in need of medical care and education. Lets spend the money on that instead. Has anybody researched the issue to find out if there would be benefits to global warming?? I bet you would find that there are good things about global warming that might balance out the bad things.
Let's do our homework, and some proper research before we blame it all on us. A lot of scientists who say it is our fault love to scare people. It gets them more research money. As they say, "The squeeky wheel gets the grease".

Anonymous said...

Yes, I agree. My brothers and me have to fly all over the world, and we don't want to be labelled carbon bandits

Anonymous said...

There's no way you are the real Donny Osmond are you?
Dave cameron is right...and at least he bothered to post, which is more than Tony Blair did. We must do something about this global warming. Why isn't there a green school committee to get ready for the new school ? and why are the council doing bu**er all about green issues in schools

Rob said...

Global Warming is very important and I hope we have the freedom to express all points of view, and to investigate all possible sources of climate change. This is one of the great things about being free people. This British documentary is now being discussed around the world. You might want to take a look. Certainly a fascinating film.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4520665474899458831
or here....
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2007/090307warminghoax.htm

Cato