Saturday, 3 February 2007

REALLY? I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ELEPHANTS PASSING WIND!

I was fascinated by the headline 'Global Warming Very Likely Caused by Humans, UN Says', which hit all the papers yesterday. Really? I thought it was the fault of all those elephants worldwide passing gas as a result of all the greenery they eat! So what an amazing piece of research at the cost of who knows how much money to the taxpayer to finally come up without anything conclusive! "Global warming is ``very likely'' caused by humans......."? Only 'very likely'! Even the result of this 'very likely human caused global warming' hardly seems all that specific, "Temperatures are likely to rise by 1.1 to 6.4 degrees Celsius by the end of this century relative to the last"? Starting at 1.1 degrees C, or perhaps 100% more at 2.2, or perhaps 200% at 3.3, or perhaps 300% at 4.4, or perhaps 400% at 5.5, or even.... well, I'm sure that you get the general gist of what I'm getting at? Sounds like the same level of commitment I get from a financial adviser whenever I dare to ask for an estimation on projected returns for some investment they are trying hard to sell!

So now we're all so much wiser and know what the reality is and what the potential for climate change is! Right?

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