Earth Day: The Remix :: Classical Values Blog
September 14, 2006 A leading U.S. climate researcher says the world has a 10-year window of opportunity to take decisive action on global warming and avert catastrophe.
NASA scientist James Hansen, widely considered the doyen of American climate researchers, said governments must adopt an alternative scenario to keep carbon dioxide emission growth in check...
"I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change ... no longer than a decade, at the most..."
I'm rather pressed for time these days, so I can't blog as much as I would like to.
Still, it is Earth Day, so I thought some gentle reminders are in order, time or no time. Thus, the remix.
Most of the following material has appeared on this blog before, but newer readers may have missed it, buried in the archives as it is. Look for "Ehrlich", "Rifkin", "Kunstler", or "Peak Oil", and it's all in there.
But honestly, who among them has the time? May they derive much enjoyment from these convenient re-runs.
This first one however, is entirely new to these pages. In 1970, Edwin Newman had this to say...
"By the end of the decade our rivers may have reached the boiling point. Three decades more, and they may evaporate. One of the causes of this thermal pollution is the spread of nuclear power across the land."
And he said it on national television! Thanks Ed. This one's a keeper!
Next up, a new scrap of Ehrlich, circa 1970...
"In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish."
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