the carbon emmision joke

[informashun]

the ammount of hot air spoken on this problem is a waste of energy.
the forthcoming effect on the environment is inevitable.
more aircraft will fly more cars and computers will be made and india. china and the us will not cut emmisions.
these are facts with the catastrophic results impending.

[Gromit]

It is not inevitable.

I don't know if the waste of energy pun was intended, but that is exactly the problem.

"Tripled-efficiency cars, trucks, and planes are feasible with today�s technology, repaying their extra cost in a year or two. More efficient use of oil in buildings and industry, and substituting saved natural gas and advanced biofuels, could together eliminate U.S. oil use by the 2040s, revitalize the economy, and stop 26 percent of carbon dioxide emissions."

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html ?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=July&x=2006070613 3655SAikceinawz0.8574335

[New Judge]

Human activity generates about 4% of all greenhouse gases. If humans were to cease all of these emissions immediately (neither practical nor desirable) 96% of emissions would remain.

Best we learn to adapt to changing conditions and not try to influence things which are beyond our control. The measures considered necessary by various governments amount to peeing in the wind.

Furthermore, having exhausted all the traditional justifications for tax raising, they amount to a convenient way of bullying their various electorates into paying more tax.

[fagidill]

New Judge - I Agree .With Your Answer. I See All This Enviroment Talk By The Goverment , As A Form Of Control. For Example The Ice Age , However Many Million's Of Year's Ago ! WHO MELTED IT Down. ERR I Do'nt Think It Was Us !! We Had'nt Yet Come Into Being . Hence NO Car's , Plane's, No Oil . Why Do'es No One Throw That One At The Goverment ?

[Gromit]

fagidill

The last ice age wasn't millions of years ago, it ended 8000 years ago. It is true the Earth has a natural cycle of warming and cooling. The argument is whether we are speeding up the cycle with our activities. And whether we can sustain our present lifestyles in an harsher climate.