Synchronicity and a U Turn
Thursday, May 25th 2006 @ 12:00 AM (not yet rated)
After taking 50 days off to mull things over, I read that the Independent in England on 21 May 06 has published that British scientists have calculated that the amount of overall ice mass lost from the Greenland ice sheet in 2005, is an area of 140 cubic miles. Imagine a cube that size superimposed over the City of New York, or London all the way up to space! As Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge".
But as in George Orwell’s 1984 the world of double speak is upon us.
A senior scientist has condemned as "a deliberate effort to mislead" a series of television adverts produced by an oil industry-funded lobbying group that seeks to portray concern over global warming as alarmism.
The adverts, produced by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), argue that despite widespread agreement about the growing evidence of climate change, other evidence suggests the opposite. The adverts catchphrase says: "Carbon dioxide - they call it pollution, we call it life."
But a scientist whose report about the Antarctic ice-sheet is featured in the adverts has denounced the CEI and said they have quoted his study out of context. Professor Curt Davis of the University of Missouri-Columbia, said: "I think they are confusing and misleading the public."
Asked if he doubted the evidence of global warming, he replied: "Personally, I have no doubts whatsoever."
Very interesting. In the year 2,000 I was managing an eco-bed and breakfast on the Island of Kauai in Hawaii and found myself in a discussion with a scientist who was staying there and who did not believe in global warming. Our discussion became quite heated, but civil, this scientist was adamant that global warming was not a problem. His name ... Professor Curt Davis.
Such is the world of synchronicity! And how opinions change.
Today's tourists often need wading boots to explore the architectural wonders of Venice in Italy Mark's Square which is awash about a third of every year. Rising seal levels are going to eventually flood Venice 24/7.
Same goes for Tuvalu, where the bulge of rising oceans near the equator is slowly abolishing their land mass, the smallest country on earth after the Vatican
When will our elected servants in Parliament ,the Senate, the Duma etc state openly that we have to enact changes to our consumming lifestyle?
When ...
Watch this space!
