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It seems that a few people have a very strong say, and no matter how much talking goes on beforehand, the big decisions are made at the eleventh hour by a select core group.
What if climate change appears to be just mainly a multi-decadal natural fluctuation? They’ll kill us probably.
I can’t overstate the HUGE amount of political interest in the project as a message that the Government can give on climate change to help them tell their story. They want the story to be a very strong one and don’t want to be made to look foolish.
I am not convinced that the “truth” is always worth reaching if it is at the cost of damaged personal relationships
Originally posted by 5andman
There is still a hole in the ozone right?
Originally posted by jdub297
Originally posted by 5andman
There is still a hole in the ozone right?
Yes! There is, and it is reportedly bigger than ever.
Funny thing, though.
In 2006 the U.S. agreed to, ratified and adopted the Montreal Protocol, a "cap and trade" limitation on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to "fix" it.
This resulted in the mandatory use of more expensive refrigerants (which carry their own health risks) in our cars, refrigerators, A/Cs, and industrial equipment. Next year it will require the ban of certain inhalers that asthma sufferers can get today over-the-counter for a few bucks. Now, they will have to get a prescription for a substitute that will be far more costly.
It didn't work. Much as the Kyoto Protocol, which we did not agree to, to great criticism, has failed to lower CO2 and made life more difficult and expensive for the signatories.
More proof that you cannot legislate nature, and that people will suffer and life will be more difficult and expensive for stupid political tricks that do not work!
jwedit on 25-11-2011 by jdub297 because: sp