Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, I am not worried for myself, but my great grandchildren. I can see that here at least, the weather - heat/cold/rain - is getting more and more unpredictable and weird every year. The world heating up wont be a pretty sight, and it can happen in a blink of an eye in geological time (a century or two). The rising oceans, from mountain/ice shelf melt off, will inundate what we now think as coastal cities (including Chennai, where I live). The next major war will not be over oil, it will be over drinking water - most of the fresh water is held in the mountains and the ice shelves, as the earth heats up , it will just melt and flow into the saline sea. There is more than enough evidence that this is happening right now. I could go on and on, but whats the point? Every person has to assess the scientific evidence for themselves, or close their eyes and ears. Every individuals choice. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 8:59 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Jayanand Govindaraj OFFERED: > Subject: Re: [Leica] Luggers in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee > > > +1 >> It will only continue and intensify, unless humankind as a whole takes >> Global Warming seriously, instead of playing politics with the topic. >> > > Jayanand mon ami, > > I fear it's highly unlikely much will be done as long as costs and profits > are at loggerheads within multi-national corporations and countries driving > what will and wont be done. Regardless of tornadoes and the angry acts of > Mother Nature I see no real end to much of the pollutions. Or weather > chnages! > > Besides isn't it reasonable to think that maybe, "just maybe?" The changing > weather atmosphere conditions are merely the changing ways that have > existed > for eons on planet Earth? But because no one was around 1000's of years a > go > or 100 years ago tracking weather in the manner so easily done in our > modern > electronic fact gathering of today? We really have no absolute record of > the > way it was? > > I'm not for one moment saying we as human masses and our manufacturing > capabilities are not having an effect. But if we are without unequivocal > proof that human kind is responsible ? How do we turn it around and stop it > without decimating the world population and industrial empires whose > products are increasingly demanded by humans? ? > > Or maybe right there is part of the answer........... there are way too > many humans living on the planet and breeding should stop for 100 years? > Trust me that just isn't going to happen either. > > But just think how many Leica's could be sold if the numbers increased? ;-) > I just had to keep it on topic..... people and Leicas! > > cheers, > ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >