Posted on 03/29/2010 3:05:34 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades. This is the stark conclusion of James Lovelock, the globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist who developed the Gaia theory.
It follows a tumultuous few months in which public opinion on efforts to tackle climate change has been undermined by events such as the climate scientists' emails leaked from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the failure of the Copenhagen climate summit.
"I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change," said Lovelock in his first in-depth interview since the theft of the UEA emails last November. "The inertia of humans is so huge that you can't really do anything meaningful."
One of the main obstructions to meaningful action is "modern democracy", he added. "Even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for the time being. I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while."
Lovelock, 90, believes the world's best hope is to invest in adaptation measures, such as building sea defences around the cities that are most vulnerable to sea-level rises. He thinks only a catastrophic event would now persuade humanity to take the threat of climate change seriously enough, such as the collapse of a giant glacier in Antarctica, such as the Pine Island glacier, which would immediately push up sea level.
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>>Lovelock, 90, believes the world’s best hope is to invest in adaptation measures, such as building sea defences around the cities that are most vulnerable to sea-level rises. He thinks only a catastrophic event would now persuade humanity to take the threat of climate change seriously enough, such as the collapse of a giant glacier in Antarctica, such as the Pine Island glacier, which would immediately push up sea level.
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You are the smart one alright...
If only we could find what space age technology the cave men were using to save themselves.
Not even if we threw the Algore into a volcano for Goddess Gaia?
The only time I can think that democracy was voluntarily restored after “a little while” was in Chile under Pinochet.
“globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist”
Ya...he’s a real f’n genius all right.
What the heck is a ‘respected environmental thinker’?! He puts the ‘mental’ in environmental.
I admit that. But fortunately my house has a thermostat. When the temperature goes up, or down, I don't have to do a thing. The little magic box does it for me.
the world's best hope is to invest in adaptation measures, such as building sea defences around the cities that are most vulnerable to sea-level rises.
If you live within two inches above sea level, and you think you might still be living there a century from now, you might throw another inch of topsoil on your yard. Just in case.
Climate change is in the jurisdiction of volcanos and the Sun. Man is but a bit player in this arena of such titans.
Farlander: James Lovelock is too stupid to function and is a waste of space and precious oxygen.
I humbly suggest he go fertilize a tree or a pasture.
The Gaia Theory is like the Zen Hot Dog Salesmen...makes us all one with everything...
Or cause it, for that matter
Obviously, the idiot is trying to say that most of us humans are smarter than these idiots give us credit for since we are not buying into their global warming scam and hoax. =.=
“globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist”
One must remember that anyone who can screw in a light bulb qualifies to the Guardian bimboys and bimbos.
If this “thinker” would like to schedule a debate, let me know. I have just a few scientific credentials - and I’m not so senile that I’ve forgotten what I got my degree in.
So let's just do nothing. I for one am totally okay with that.
“James Lovelock, the globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist who developed the Gaia theory.”
If this Gaia crap is all he cranks it up to be then Gaia will just suck down an asteroid to resolve all these problems with man.
I for one hope I am at Ground Zero, staring up at that sumbish with my arm extended and my middle finger raised.
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