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Top Scientist Says We're Screwed
Written by Chris 
It’s too late to prevent disasters caused by climate change, according to one of the world’s top environmental minds.
Professor James Lovelock, inventor of the Gaia theory which suggests the planet acts something like a single organism, said in a recent speech that reducing greenhouse gases and moving to sustainable development will not prevent the most disastrous of global warming’s effects.
In fact, Lovelock believes that a rapid reduction in greenhouse gases would actually increase the speed of global warming. He states that global warming is currently partially offset by global dimming, a cooling of 2-3 ?C caused by atmospheric industrial pollution.
Lovelock is skeptical of the IPCC’s most recent report, which he calls cautious. He believes it gives the false impression that global warming is reversible with immediate action. Lovelock’s own view is somewhat apocalyptic. He suggests that 6 to 8 billion people will face crises over food and water supplies while battling an intolerable climate.
Lovelock does have some suggestions on how to improve the situation. He suggests cutting greenhouse gas emissions anyway, as they may slow the pace of global warming. He also advocates saving natural forests. He still believes, however, that humans will have to adapt to the inevitable changes global warming will bring.
Source: Telegraph and Guardian
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harcopious (not verified) says:
Jan 17th, 2008 at 7pm
i just dont know anymore......i just dont know.
Jerry (not verified) says:
Jun 24th, 2008 at 10pm
Until 20 yeras ago "environmental scientists" were weathermen and they were usually wrong. Now we have created an industry of scientists paid to prove "we're screwed" (the more screwed the better). The new ice age didn't happen and global warming isn't man made (and may not be such a bad thing anyway depending where you live).
Al Gore makes money selling energy credits and (very wealthy) John Edwards makes money giving speaches about poverty. Do you see a pattern here?
We are being lined up to have our pockets picked "for our own good".
Don't buy in to the hysteria.
Ill Bill On Capitol Hill (not verified) says:
Feb 4th, 2010 at 1pm
Absolutely accurate. No doubt in my mind. I should also remind you all that the sky *is indeed falling*. How do I know this to be factual? The little guy in me Lucky Charms breafast cereal box told me so the other morning...
Get the picture?
Meanwhile, I suggest for all you quivering idiots that buy into this crap, that perhaps you should hold back on that extra 12 ounces of white guilt that you're pouring on *your* breakfast cereal each morning and try replacing it with some good old-fashioned, plain-jane, 2% milk. Or if you really have big cajones, go for the whole stuff. Either way, it's a whole lot healthier, and bound to cause a great deal less indigestion, I assure you.
And, by the way... Do you know how unbelievably ridiculous you look to the rest of the (sane) world? Let me try to paint a picture for you... Kinda tough, but, "subservient milquetoast" does immediately come to mind.
Danny Bloom (not verified) says:
Sir James Lovelock’s interview in the Guardian on Saturday — March 1, 3008 — and it is a must-read:
He says he writing a new book now, too. To fill us in on what comes next. I don’t know if I have told anyone here this, but last month I sent some images of my polar cities concept to Dr Lovelock by email, and he wrote back the next day, saying: “Thanks for showing me those images. It may very happen and soon.”
http:pcillu101.blogspot.com
I know Dr Lovelock has not been knighted yet by the Queen and maybe never will be, so he is not actually a “Sir” as I kiddingly wrote above, but he certainly should be honored that way. Sir James Lovelock. Yes. Has a good ring to it.
His interview in Saturday’s Guardian will knock your socks off. NSFW. But a very important interview. Read it and weep. (And then get back to work again, doing what you can to try to mitigate the impacts of climate change on this unsuspecting Earth that has been so kind to us for so many years as to give us a home for many many generations now. Soldier on, all who know that global warming is for real!)
— Posted by Danny Bloom