So we are destroying the world!
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change humans are “very likely” to have caused the changes in our planets climate [BBC]. Now whilst this is no suprise to most of the planet maybe some of those policy makers around the globe who have been waiting doing nothing for some of these reports will actually do something.
Very likely in this context apparently means a certainty of more than 90%, so there is still room for the 4000 year cycles and the second coming that seem to be the main contenders for why the world is warming irreversably. The report also says that the changes will be irreversable if nothing is done in the next fifteen years. And that the temperatures will rise by between 1.8 and 4 degrees by 2100. So this would mean no polar ice cap, and more extreme weather. Surely it’ll be cheaper to combat this now than have to reprint every school text book?
I feel a little hypocritical as my exhaust is broken and I haven’t fixed it yet! Although I think that there are larger scale projects that would benefit the environment a little more.
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