President 'has four years to save Earth'

The Guardian ^ | Jan 18th 2009 | Robin McKie

[Boiling Pots]

President 'has four years to save Earth'

US must take the lead to avert eco-disaster

Barack Obama has only four years to save the world. That is the stark assessment of Nasa scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen who last week warned only urgent action by the new president could halt the devastating climate change that now threatens Earth. Crucially, that action will have to be taken within Obama's first administration, he added.

Soaring carbon emissions are already causing ice-cap melting and threaten to trigger global flooding, widespread species loss and major disruptions of weather patterns in the near future. "We cannot afford to put off change any longer," said Hansen. "We have to get on a new path within this new administration. We have only four years left for Obama to set an example to the rest of the world. America must take the lead."

Hansen said current carbon levels in the atmosphere were already too high to prevent runaway greenhouse warming. Yet the levels are still rising despite all the efforts of politicians and scientists.

[Borges]

[Sioux-san]

Hopefully it will just be two years trashing our country, and then the Repub conservatives will take over Congress....again.... and do what???? I can dream.....

[ScreamingFist]

Nasa scientist and leading climate expert Jim Hansen

This man is insane.

[verklaring]

Barack Obama has only four years to save the world.

From a Christian stand point the above statement is blasphemy - John 3:16.

[Tarpon]

Crackpot science for ignorant people.

[eclecticEel]

... and Hansen falls deeper off the already deep end. That’s the problem with these freaks, five them an inch and they take a mile.

[jveritas]

Why is Jim Hansen not yet committed in a mental hospital? If there is a live example of a crazy scientist then this is the one.

[rbg81]

I heard Juan Williams say one of the themes of Obama’s inaugural speech will be sacrifice. As in, we’ll have to sacrifice to pay energy bills 2X or 3X what they currently are in order to save the planet. And the sheeple will eat it up.

[jveritas]

He is the ultimate example of a crazy scientist.

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[Army Air Corps]

When the pain hits the average Joe, they won’t.

[Carl LaFong]

James Hansen,please report for ECT.

[Texas Fossil]

Jim Hansen, what he really means is give us the money, lots of it. And we will sell you into bondage to international powers for the life of your children.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The Commie libs are terrified that their eco-scam is falling on its ass and they are all NOT going to be millionaires after all. Obama, their saviour may only get four years to bail their asses out, save their scam and send them down the road to easy street.

[cmsgop]

[2ndDivisionVet]

I thought he died and the muppets were at his funeral...

[TheDon]

Jim Hansen is a complete nut job.

[adorno]

President 'has four years to save Earth'

There comes a point where even the radical, loony, leftists with their idiotic agenda and "global warming" hoax have to start asking themselves whether this "scientist" has any kind of sanity left.

Can anybody even begin to take anything this man has to say with any kind of seriousness? Why is he still at NASA? He belongs in an insane asylum.

[KosmicKitty]

What a bunch of wussies.

Wasn’t Britain once a great nation?