Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Must Read: Climate Change is Real
Globalization, it's not "just business" anymore.
The National Academies of Sciences of the U.S., India, China, Russia, Brazil and 6 other major nations released a statement yesterday, on the occasion of the Bush-Blair summit, saying that there's strong evidence from direct measurements that global climate change is real. And it is likely -- they use this word advisedly and literally -- that most of it is due to human activities. And it's going to get worse, even if we stopped using fossil fuel (etc.) today.
Here's the short, sharp statement.
The key quote:
Update: A Bone to Pick
Even the erudite authors of the statement seem to be in denial of some of the known facts. The statement says
The National Academies of Sciences of the U.S., India, China, Russia, Brazil and 6 other major nations released a statement yesterday, on the occasion of the Bush-Blair summit, saying that there's strong evidence from direct measurements that global climate change is real. And it is likely -- they use this word advisedly and literally -- that most of it is due to human activities. And it's going to get worse, even if we stopped using fossil fuel (etc.) today.
Here's the short, sharp statement.
The key quote:
The scientific understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action.No, the U.S. does not need to understand the problem better before taking prompt action. (Yes, we should also continue to understand the problem better.)
Update: A Bone to Pick
Even the erudite authors of the statement seem to be in denial of some of the known facts. The statement says
. . . over the next 25 years, world primary energy demand is estimated to increase by almost 60%. Fossil fuels . . . are projected to provide 85% of this demand.I assume that these are credible projections. But there's no mention of fossil fuel supply at a time when the most credible scientists say oil and natural gas is reaching a production peak.
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