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Tackling Climate Change
http://www.dailymail....milys-fuel-bills.html
Is Lord Lawson correct and a waste of money? China still turns out coal fired power stations and is the worlds worst polluter. So why are we sacrificing our economy which is just a token gesture after all?
Would our solution be to stop all this nonsense and instead put our hard earned cash into protecting any future disaster such as floods or drought? Currently we spend only £600 million in protecting our coasts and cities from flooding.
Alternatively we could carry on the way we are going and trying to act like King Canute?
Is Lord Lawson correct and a waste of money? China still turns out coal fired power stations and is the worlds worst polluter. So why are we sacrificing our economy which is just a token gesture after all?
Would our solution be to stop all this nonsense and instead put our hard earned cash into protecting any future disaster such as floods or drought? Currently we spend only £600 million in protecting our coasts and cities from flooding.
Alternatively we could carry on the way we are going and trying to act like King Canute?
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Rov1100 - “I think we have got beyond the stage of proving the climate is changing. We can see it all around us with the floods and severe weather patterns such as tornadoes...”
No we can't.
Severe weather patterns have existed long before modern industrialisation. There is nothing unusual about the weather on earth today. Floods have always occurred and will always occur. The same goes for tornadoes and any other highly destructive weather event you care to mention. The difference today as opposed to a couple of hundred years ago (and beyond) is the massive increase in population. Previously uninhabited or sparsely populated areas are now awash with people and property, so it stands to reason that any powerful weather event will lead to a greater loss of life and/or destruction of property than occurred in previous years. The weather isn't getting worse but the destruction wrought has increased exponentially in line with the world's population explosion. This has lead some people to erroneously believe that the intensity of the weather is increasing.
“Isn't it better to accept the fact its happening...”
Rather like a religious belief? Like a multi-billion pound Pascal's Wager played with taxpayers' money, all based on the possible effects of ACC described by computer models which the scientists themselves admit are, “... subject to substantial uncertainty”.
No we can't.
Severe weather patterns have existed long before modern industrialisation. There is nothing unusual about the weather on earth today. Floods have always occurred and will always occur. The same goes for tornadoes and any other highly destructive weather event you care to mention. The difference today as opposed to a couple of hundred years ago (and beyond) is the massive increase in population. Previously uninhabited or sparsely populated areas are now awash with people and property, so it stands to reason that any powerful weather event will lead to a greater loss of life and/or destruction of property than occurred in previous years. The weather isn't getting worse but the destruction wrought has increased exponentially in line with the world's population explosion. This has lead some people to erroneously believe that the intensity of the weather is increasing.
“Isn't it better to accept the fact its happening...”
Rather like a religious belief? Like a multi-billion pound Pascal's Wager played with taxpayers' money, all based on the possible effects of ACC described by computer models which the scientists themselves admit are, “... subject to substantial uncertainty”.
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