One can see the behaviour of the UK government when there is a potential disaster with the 'flu pandemic. Instead of isolating and testing everybody arriving from Mexico, and stopping people going there, we wait until we are sure there will be a pandemic. Then we just hope the 'flu virus doesn't mutate to a real killer among the people who carry it - a far larger number of people than there would have been if precautions had been taken.
It was the same with the Mad Cow Disease - wait until you know how bad it could be, until you act. Scientists are too afraid of being branded scaremongers if it turns out not to be as bad as it could have been. Thus there's a catch 22 - you don't act on precautionary principle, because you will get vilified if disaster doesn't happen. It's the same with Arctic sea ice. If it suddenly disappears it may prove too late to avoid Armageddon consequences. Scientists are reluctant to spell out these possible consequences, and why we need to save the sea ice, because they are each scared of being branded a scaremonger. Meanwhile, the threat from sea ice disappearance increases and our ability to head off disaster decreases. Cheers, John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
