yeah very much so. Allan On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:48 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree Allan - rather like our bodies in heating up to combat > infection! > > On 21 Nov, 21:20, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: >> The earth has a habit of taking care of itself. >> Allan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:27 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > From New Scientist this week: >> >> > "EMISSIONS are still way too high to stop dangerous climate change, >> > warns a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme >> > (UNEP). >> >> > To stop the Earth warming more than 2 °C above preindustrial levels, >> > global emissions must peak at 44 gigatonnes in 2020 and then fall. >> > However, the report says that 2020 emissions are likely to be between >> > 8 to 13 gigatonnes higher. This range is calculated on how well or not >> > countries deliver on their pledges to cut emissions. So in the best- >> > case scenario, where everyone meets their targets, emissions are still >> > 8 Gt too high. >> >> > This "emissions gap" has grown: first estimates by UNEP in 2010 put it >> > at between 5 and 9 Gt. >> >> > Unless drastic action is taken soon, we are likely to see a 4 °C rise >> > this century, warns Simon Anderson at the International Institute for >> > Environment and Development in Edinburgh, UK. >> >> > A report from the World Bank, also published this week, paints a stark >> > picture of a 4 °C warmer world riven by severe heatwaves, floods and >> > droughts. "It will be absolutely catastrophic for certain parts of the >> > world," Anderson says. >> >> > By delaying emissions cuts, the world is simply deciding to pay more >> > for them later, he says." >> >> > I remain to be convinced of the carbon dioxide argument. Of more >> > concern are reports such as those on the speed with which the former >> > lush territory now the Sahara Desert changed - possibly only decades >> > and certainly only a few hundred years. Climate change is obviously >> > part of earth history The question is why we are so unprepared. >> >> > -- >> >> -- >> ( >> ) >> |_D Allan >> >> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. >> >> I am a Natural Airgunner - >> >> Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. > > -- > > >
-- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. I am a Natural Airgunner - Full of Hot Air & Ready To Expel It Quickly. --
