On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Ian Parker wrote:
On 28 Jan, 10:40, William Elliot wrote:

CLIMATE change is real and set to cause dramatic temperature rises in the
coming century, according to a leaked draft of a major United Nations
reporthttp://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=134472007

Report predicts sea levels may rise less than previously thought by 2100

And we are not going to see progress by then - we will not have
mirrors?

I think that perhaps we should think about ocean acidification more
than global warming. There there is no readily available technological
fix. Even so 2100 represents an enormous period for technological
development.

Global Dimming
This film reveals that we may have grossly underestimated the speed at
which our climate is changing. At describes Global Dimming, a deadly new
phenomenon that may already caused the starvation of millions, which until
very recently scientists refused to believe even existed.
http://www.informationclearinghouse....ticle15809.htm

The Wright brothers first flew 104 years ago. Think of
aviation since then.

From the ground to the moon in 60 years and now 40 years later we've
fallen back struggling to keep in LEO. In another 20 years at this rate
we'll be grounded, by military blasting satellites to bits with its
testing and other blundering government efficiencies.

Greenery is targeting aviation. Perhaps when they talk about 2100 we
should talk about the Wrights. One way of appreciating a timescale
(technologically speaking) is to project a similar time backwards. The
Wright biplane would never have caused any pollution, if we had stayed
there. Singularity buffs are even claiming that progress is
accelerating towards a singularity. If the singularity is even half
true, we should look at Nelson. Nelson planted tress in the Forest of
Dean to be cut down in 1914 to build ships. Well Jutland was fought
with steel ships and ironclads came in at the time of the Civil War.

Get with it, talk about 2010. We've dawdled too long believing those
lying "What, me worry?" oil company high priests.