Comments on: Google Earth Shows the Effects of Global Warming

By: Roger Johnson

Roger Johnson — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:31:35 +0000

Stuart,

Dude – what a whiner you are. Everything is bad, oh my what will we do. People are evil and stupid (except for Stuart of course who is the only one in the world that knows what to do). Here is my recipe; push forward, develop technologies and advance the human empire. We’re here and our genetics tell us to grow and expand our reach. Grow a pair and get to work …

By: stuart ward

stuart ward — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:20:19 +0000

Just read “The world without Us” and there are great thought provoking passages highlighting just how stupid we really are as a species. The things we have done, are doing and continue to do to one another and the planet is especially dumb. We deserve everything we will get Sow what we reap they say. Unless we tackle the issue of energy, food, religion, pollution in a Universal mandatory way we really are on the brink of catastrophe. With the demands for energy in India, China (who are raping Africa), and the like , the depletion of arable land, the instability of weather patterns, the control of the human birth rate, the consumption and desire we have will strip the thin veneer of civilization and small self sufficient gated communities of thinking humans will become a reality. Off Grid, alternative energy sources are there practically for free yet with some incredible blindness we insist on not embracing the one true source of power “THE SUN” and whole heartedly using it and subsequent spin off energy such as wind, thermo ground energy, wave energy, bacteria energy, the list can go on and on . sadly we stutter along like sheep linked to some huge corporates roller ball believing that as long as we have our little lot then that is enough. WAKE UP and smell the roses, cos they might not be here soon , (no Bees)

I believe the steps can be direct from the people to change business, Government legislation , United nations programmes and the like or as simple as each thinking household to make a change themselves in their own homes.
on a broader scale countries should actively encourage mass business opportunity to develop alternative industry models that can change transport and environment that we live in.

By: Bob Wallace

Bob Wallace — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:33:41 +0000

The high price of petroleum is making it possible to introduce non-petroleum based transportation.

I think we’ll look back on the 20th Century as the age of petroleum as we now look back on the 19th Century as the age of steam.

And coal is in the process of going away as well. Renewables are becoming as cheap as coal for generating electricity and promise to become less so as the price of coal increases.

It’s very interesting that market forces are working to get CO2 out of the atmosphere. Perhaps not as quickly as we would want, but at least we aren’t having to work against the market.

By: martin

martin — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:31:34 +0000

I don’t think global warming will stop until the petroleum prices become unaffordable. America’s Hunger for fuel is too strong.