Remember Y2K? We were all going to die by starvation because all the computers were going to crash and wipe out all communications and transport. The scientists predicted it, so it must have been true, right?

Global warming — the latest Chicken Little story. Remember that Chicken Little was eaten by the fox.

scientists has a theory that land will be covered with water
due to global warming.

Nedbank Green Affinity / Africa Geographic Reader Evening 23 October 2008

Panel members were David Wolstenholme (Director of the Natural & Organics Exhibit, Director of the Organic Freedom Project), Tatjana von Bormann (GreenChoice, WWF-SA), Mark Botha (Botanical Society Co-Director and Programme Leader: Conservation Stewardship), Tessa Chamberlain (Pick n Pay General Manager : Sustainable Development) and Sarah Bortchert (Editor : Africa Geographic Magazine).

Radio Today podcast the Nedbank Green Affinity / Africa Geographic Reader Evening held on 23 October 2008. This fascinating panel discussion entitled ‘Eating the Environment’ focuses on Food Production and Consumption relative to Environmental Sustainability.

Chris! Naughty fellow! Read what I wrote, not what you think that I wrote! Your selective reading indicates a typical knee-jerk attitude that is not found in the minds of reasonable and educated people. The North, especially America, ARE profligate wasters of energy; their governments admit this, and, especially in Europe, people there are now doing positive things to reduce this gross usage.

Dennis, sawubona mfowethu. Yes, read the internet. But, why not try reading what accredited researchers have to say on the subject rather than parroting the rubbish put out by uniformed self-interest groups? It is a popular fallacy that researchers give results that the governments want … the truth is that there is a process in science called peer review, and their scientific peers would crucify researchers if they published falsified or biased results: nobody is a harsher scientific critic than a scientist. There IS scientific evidence that there is a rapid and major increase in global temperatures that has not been found in previous epochs, and there IS evidence that people are part of the cause.

As I write this comment, even in the USA people are labouring under the huge increases in food costs because profits are higher by converting raw foodstuffs into bunny-hugger ethanol (alcohol) to burn in car engines rather than by using food as food. This, simply, is food that is burned to provide energy that enables lumps of steel to travel around on wheels. Profit, rather, greed, is the word, okay? … and to blazes with human suffering.

It is also well to remember that it was in apartheid South Africa that the gravy train was most successfully used … and covered-up. Currently, it is about the equivalent of a small goods train; under apartheid it was the equivalent of a fully loaded mainline express, which had a VERY selective passenger list. Most South Africans weren’t even allowed onto the station! Or the beaches, for that matter.

Okay, this rather complacent pot-lot has now been well energised.

Chris! Naughty fellow! Read what I wrote, not what you think that I wrote! Your selective reading indicates a typical knee-jerk attitude that is not found in the minds of reasonable and educated people. The North, especially America, ARE profligate wasters of energy; their governments admit this, and, especially in Europe, people there are now doing positive things to reduce this gross usage.

Dennis, sawubona mfowethu. Yes, read the internet. But, why not try reading what accredited researchers have to say on the subject rather than parroting the rubbish put out by uniformed self-interest groups? It is a popular fallacy that researchers give results that the governments want … the truth is that there is a process in science called peer review, and their scientific peers would crucify researchers if they published falsified or biased results: nobody is a harsher scientific critic than a scientist. There IS scientific evidence that there is a rapid and major increase in global temperatures that has not been found in previous epochs, and there IS evidence that people are part of the cause.

As I write this comment, even in the USA people are labouring under the huge increases in food costs because profits are higher by converting raw foodstuffs into bunny-hugger ethanol (alcohol) to burn in car engines rather than by using food as food. This, simply, is food that is burned to provide energy that enables lumps of steel to travel around on wheels. Profit, rather, greed, is the word, okay? … and to blazes with human suffering.

It is also well to remember that it was in apartheid South Africa that the gravy train was most successfully used … and covered-up. Currently, it is about the equivalent of a small goods train; under apartheid it was the equivalent of a fully loaded mainline express, which had a VERY selective passenger list. Most South Africans weren’t even allowed onto the station! Or the beaches, for that matter.

Okay, this rather complacent pot-lot has now been well energised.

Going to blame us for the over fishing of the oceans too? Why not, we are the scapegoats of the world at the moment. Might as well blame us for your corrupt governments too and why islamic radicalism is on the rise.

Just makes me angry to see the finger pointed at the US from the outside world just because of it is the US and people love to blame other more influential people for their problems rather than seriously analyzing ALL the data.

I was begining to believe that I was a lonely voice crying in the wilderness.

Globally all the catastrophic climate indiactors are present and still the USA refuses to acknowledge the problem let alone that they are the primary offenders. Scary stuff!

Where I am based, iThemba LABS, Empire Road, near Jan Smuts, researchers are installing very accurate measuring devices which will be able to track the effects of global warming.

The prognosis is not good!

Yes, “JAMES”, it is the North, especially the United States, which is responsible. The profligate energy squandering there IS leading us towards a global catastrophe.