His
talk of climate change and more difficulties for wildlife and humans
provoked incensed, vitriolic comments on 'The Independent' blog site.
1)
Why do so many contributors use such weird and wonderful names?
Are they so ashamed of what they write that they cannot bear to
stand by their comments using their real names?
2)
Why does no-one ever concede a point or even give credit to a
valid point made by someone else in the discussion?
3)
Nothing that the climate scientists tell us, ever makes the
slightest difference. We all go our own sweet way, anyway. We
all carry on regardless with our fingers crossed, doing what we want
to continue with our ever-rising and unsustainable material standards
of living.
4)
Even if the climate scientists are wrong (I hope they are) and
James Delingpole IS right about everything (I hope he is), is it not
wise to take all the many positive, practical and helpful measures
that will leave more finite resources for future generations? Living
more simply so that others may simply live is simply ethical and
ecological.
1. The history of the planet is one of
constant warming and cooling periods that is perfectly natural and
normal. What we, so intelligent and sophisticated and clever humans
are doing, is NOT – and, we are part of nature and NOT above it and
that is the problem!
2. It seems to have started with the
white European races burning and clear felling their forests for
farming and building. Now, everyone is doing it. Next, the
Europeans started on the fossil fuels – in earnest from the 18th
century – converting carbon into carbon dioxide. Now, everyone is
at it. So far, we have got away with it. It may not be for ever,
however.
3. Margaret Thatcher, in one of her
three major speeches on the environment as Prime Minister, commenting
on our industrialisation said, "we have unwittingly begun a massive experiment with the system of this planet itself.”
4. This not too dissimilar from the more direct, "Either, we get our numbers and our activities into harmony with the powers of the earth to support life or, collapsing eco-systems will do the job for us." In other words, we either live within the rules of the way the planet works or, we get our come-uppance. We respect and preserve and in harmony with eco-systems (life support systems) or, they collapse and our numbers and activities suffer. We live within Nature's parameters or, Nature has the last word.
5. The other unfortunate effect of ripping through our one-off geological inheritance is that we leave nothing for our children and grandchildren who will then be up against it. But, that doesn't matter because it will NEVER happen in OUR lifetime – and that's all that matters!
4. This not too dissimilar from the more direct, "Either, we get our numbers and our activities into harmony with the powers of the earth to support life or, collapsing eco-systems will do the job for us." In other words, we either live within the rules of the way the planet works or, we get our come-uppance. We respect and preserve and in harmony with eco-systems (life support systems) or, they collapse and our numbers and activities suffer. We live within Nature's parameters or, Nature has the last word.
5. The other unfortunate effect of ripping through our one-off geological inheritance is that we leave nothing for our children and grandchildren who will then be up against it. But, that doesn't matter because it will NEVER happen in OUR lifetime – and that's all that matters!
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