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NightShift,
I wouldnt dismiss Sonia so quickly. She has some valid points and I am sure can probably back them up (at least as well as anyone else anyway).
We are pumping CO2 into the atmostphere at an alarming rate, it is deadly (and if you dont believe this try sucking on the average car exhaust for a while), and it is adding to our problems. And cars arent the only source, look around at all the steel products you have, from cars, to boats, to pots and pans, steel is a massive producer of CO2, go look up the figures, any steel is in most things. So maybe you cry out that plastic is the answer, well yes there might be less CO2 but there is a lot of other crap produced from it (note here I have worked at plants that produce steel and plastic and know the topic well).
As for temperatures rising with no proof, well the simple answer is to go look at some glaciers, they are all shrinking. If you dont believe this go look for yourself, a good example is Switzerland (has an abundance of Glaciers) 150 years ago they were in Zermatt down to the local village, now they are no where in sight. Why? Well its getting warmer, and the funny thing is they only started shrinking when industrialisation came along...draw your own conclusion.
Its industiralisation that is causing this, and with countries like China now moving into the consumer market I think it will get worse before it gets better. Do I advocate going back to the stone age, well of course not, but we should put the emphasis on the production of materials in a clean and sustainable way, not just talking about it (as the pollies do) but actually doing it. Everyone says it cant be done but I suspect there just isnt the financial incentive to be bothered, try tying the senior executives wages to how much pollution they produce and see how quickly it drops.
Just my thoughts....
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