Keith Antoine wrote:
Alma J Wetzker wrote:
Take your shields down Tony. As I understand it, the climate is
changing.even if everyone on the planet stopped using fossil fuels
today, and Asia stopped using wood and coal for cooking, and Indonesia
stopped burning off their forests, the climate would still be changing
for another several decades. No one on earth has a reasonable clue
about what the climate will be like when it is all over. In the mean
time, the only practical thought for relief is a desalinization plant.
Those puppies cost way more than I have in my bank account. Prayer is
the only thing I have to offer. It might not do a thing, but then
again...
-- Alma
Its not going to be all over Alma, we are in an ever changing
environment it is not stable as we have been taught. Not one
scientist/climatologist is taking into account, with difficulty, the
earths axial spin deviation, the fact that the moon is slowly moving
away from earth and lastly the Precession of the eqinoxes (26000 yr
cycle). We are only just now thinking these may have an effect,duh!
I was not trying to post a doom-and-gloom message. I was trying to say
that things are changing. One of humanity's best attributes is the
ability to cope with change. It just sounds like it is no longer
prudent to rely on Ma Nature to provide for everything needed in Oz.
There are tried and proven solutions available and it sounds like there
is time to do some more experimenting, if desired. The only thing left
to do is summon the political will....
For the record, I do not for an instant believe that humanity is a
significant contributor to the present climate changes, or that the
result of the changes we are experiencing will be dire. I do not base
my belief on common sense or even religion, but on history. Within the
past millennium, the average temp seems to have been higher than the
worst case estimate for the end of 2100, and it was a golden age for the
planet. A century ago, being out in severe weather was to risk death.
We have about a century's worth of climate data. Trying to predict the
future from that is like trying to predict a trend from a single data point.
All that said, I do wish you well, Skippy. I hope that you in Oz can
get rain, in the short term, and work towards a permanent solution. If
there is something more concrete that I can do, please let me know!
-- Alma
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