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An ethical and sustainable Australia makes sound business sense : Comments
By Simon Divecha, published 29/12/2005Simon Divecha argues Australia needs clear policy leadership on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Look at the recent ice core taken from the antarctic, that give co2 levels going back 650000 years. This showed that we have at least 27% more co2 in the atmosphere than at any time before. Add that to the thawing tundra and permafrost peatbogs throughout the nth hemisphere that are now releasing methane at alarming rates and you only need half a brain to see what is happening. Add the ice shelf that is slipping of iceland at an alraming rate, that is revealing ground that hasn't seen the sun for millions of years and we have a problem
Be as politically correct and stupidly blind as you like, in your illusionary city worlds, but reality is about to catch up with you. A friend on the E coast of the US tells me last night that they are building huge sands barriers around LA because the seas are rising and sending 4-6m wave onto the shores. They have no idea what will happen when the summer storm season hits.