"It's all going to end soon. Might as well enjoy myself."
Posted on 05/18/2008 9:49:26 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch
The Prince of Wales has warned that the world faces a series of natural disasters within 18 months unless urgent action is taken to save the rainforests.
In one of his most out-spoken interventions in the climate change debate, he said a £15 billion annual programme was required to halt deforestation or the world would have to live with the dire consequences.
"We will end up seeing more drought and starvation on a grand scale. Weather patterns will become even more terrifying and there will be less and less rainfall," he said.
"We are asking for something pretty dreadful unless we really understand the issues now and [the] urgency of them." The Prince said the rainforests, which provide the "air conditioning system for the entire planet", releasing water vapour and absorbing carbon, were being lost to poor farmers desperate to make a living.
[snip] Last month, the Prince had a meeting at St James's Palace with four state governors from Brazil to discuss the best way to allocate the money. One option would be for an organisation such as the World Bank to administer the fund. The Prince made clear yesterday that if nothing was done there was a "severe danger of losing a major part of the battle against climate change".
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"It's all going to end soon. Might as well enjoy myself."
Yep...it’s true and all the world’s oil supply was going to be gone by 1990!
Someone PLEASE...give these people a BRAIN!
who had a wife who looked like this 
but spent his time with instead with a woman who looks like this 
has no business telling anyone anything.
exactly the opposite. if it takes longer than 18 months, that’ll be touted as a successful campaign to stave it off, requiring more money in the future to ensure the planet doesn’t warm..
Shut up, Chuck.
Nothing is so sad as to see a prince in waiting for so long and so unemployed.
Reminds me of Edward VII.
By the time Queen Victoria died he was in late middle age, tired, and in poor health.
Ah, yes——Prince Charles. The “Paul Ehrlich” of the British monarchy. I wonder if he is open to a bet.
“What special training and qualifications makes the ole’ Prince so qualified to push such dramatic actions on the climate?”
He and Al Gore have a corner on carbon creditz...
Gore: It must be Michael Moore ‘cause all the polar bears are dead!
According my grammar & middle school (graduated HS 1964) books, we ran out by 1975; and we're using the last lump of coal as I type keyboard!
16 months down; 2 to go.
WHERE’S THE “DISASTER”?
Can Charlie sit down and go line by line explaining himself cause I for one have NO IDEA WHAT IN THE HELL HE IS TALKING ABOUT.
Can’t even comment on that silly, ridiculous statement he made. So, all I can say is...”Ribbon Cuttings” must be slow these days.
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