It is the white world and its greed that has cause this problem and it should be them in the Industrial world that grounds it to halt.
Yindin,
I totally agree with part of this statement. The whites have developed all technology & the rest of the world very, very quickly took advantage of it. Greed is everywhere. The desire for wealth is everywhere. The desire for commodities & comfort is probably the greatest of all. Whilst the methods of production are from whites, the desire to have these commodities is entrenched in every race. I don't believe that this technology is the cause of pollution. What is the cause is the overuse & frivolous use of it. People want things, it's as simple as that. The greedy exploit this, it's as simple as that. Look at motor sport, boat racing, excessive travel, excessive building with excessive lighting, excessive frivolous consumption of electricity. You can finish the list if you like. Western society & that includes more non-whites than whites is obviously the worst offender. I once saw a documentary on the Beauty Industry & it was found to be extremely polluting. Look at the excessive white & non-white air travel. Look at the extremely polluting white & non-white health industry. Look at the insanity of white non-white warring. One of the worst & most unnecessary polluters is sport but, hey we like that in Australia don't we.
Yindin, whilst the white man has had the ability to create this technology he is definately not Robinson Crusoe in using it to capacity. In fact, it was he who was the first to take action in seeking a remedy. In australian indigenous communities consumerism is even more rampant per capita. Only lack of spending ability curbs this consumerism. In fact, we hear daily of "the lack of this'n that" in those communities & this'n that refers to commodities. What I am stating is that it's not white man who is the cause of pollution. It's the white man & all the other humans with access to money.

hey, it's been 10 hours. C'mon Yindin & Rainier, surely I must be wrong. let's have some your intellectual flak.

Just a little food for thought. 478 million years ago, the (carbon) content was three hundred times more than today. So its fair to say, that the earth has held it (IN) quite well, don't you think. In the Silurian period, this world would have been Deadly to us. So what is my point! Well! I think it explains its self. On opinion, 33% has joined us in the last hundred years, and it may just explain the high rate of respiratory problems.
The time it takes the earth to soak this all in, well! you get the picture. Sorry people, but in my opinion, its to late. Not too save the planet, but to make the whole world do it together. We have to work as one to shorten the effects that we are seeing today

Re! I am starting to think that carbon\dioxide just might be natures extinction tool. Just thought!

So not one mention about neclear power in all this debate.

I would love to here 'SOME REAL FACTS' about this as an alternative power sourse and in saying this I don,t want to be bombarded by all the 'ANTI-NUCLEAR WARRIORS' out there. So if you enjoy taking a cheap shot without factual backing please vent your splien elsewhere!

At the risk of repeating myself, the real issue is how do we deal with carbon because, unless you want to walk everywhere, work in a non-airconditioned office/workplace then someone must come up with a solution.

I for one don't have the answers however there has been some suggestion that nulear power is clean but uses a lot of water.

We have plenty of water we just catch it and chanel it out to sea.

PLEASE'PLEASE'PLEASE, don't make this into a bun fight about neclear power I just think we must explore every option.

" Few outside the contrarian redoubts now deny that our environment is in trouble. Or that this is in large part a result of human activity."

Yeah, but they're all logged onto OLO. I'm trying to remember when scientists got a bad rap and became the bad guys, as opposed to those with vested interests in selling up the environment.