Anderson says climate change bigger than terrorism fight

[CHIMO]

VICTORIA - Climate change is a greater international enemy than terrorism, Environment Minister David Anderson said today.

"Current preoccupation is with terrorism, but in the long term climate change will outweigh terrorism as an issue for the international community," he said.


"Terrorism is very important," said Anderson. "I don't want to minimize the importance of terrorism, but over the century or two centuries ahead, climate change is going to become one of the most, and probably will be the overwhelming international issue."


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Don't let any terrorists know about this.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Terrorists come in many forms.

Some wear suit and ties and steal elections.

[JoFerret]

2. He's right.

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[Voltaire99]

3. And guess which nation's emissions are the biggest cause?

Why....not the nation that wants to see a terrorist hiding in every clover patch, is it? Say it ain't so!

[SpiralHawk]

4. That OK, Chimpy's all over the climate issue

He had a Prophetic Dream about it last Sunday, when he fell asleep during the Super Bowl and conveeniently "missed" the crotch and breast stunts.

At any rate, Chimpy's Big Dream informed him that all the scientists are a big bunch of Party Poopers, who all deserve wedgies.

And so that is the policy he will adopt to lead this Great American Nation into a Stable Climate Development Policy Activity Program Suggestion for Our Noble American Corporations. Anyone who says the climate is a problem gets:

A dEluXe cHimPee wEdGee.

That shoud settle the debate.

[joeunderdog]

5. They had an entire show about this on Discovery.

It showed how the Global warming melts the ice caps, changes the ocean's salinity levels, throws off the currents and creates an Ice Age.

Global warming will create an Ice Age, not a heat wave, in the long run.

The shtick was, species cannot adapt to such rapid climate changes and starvation would be wide-spread. Plants and animals would die off rapidly.

What a way to go. Think positively, if Chimp keeps up his provocative style in the Middle East, WW4 might wipe us all out in a day.

[CHIMO]

6. Also

Picked up this reference from another DU item.

http://tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9882

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. UK's chief government scientist pointed the finger a month ago

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3381425.stm

Climate change is a far greater threat to the world than international terrorism, the UK Government's chief scientific adviser has said. Sir David King said the US had failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
...
But Sir David criticised the Bush administration for relying too exclusively on market-based incentives and voluntary actions. He told Science, the "house magazine" of the US scientific establishment: "As the world's only remaining superpower, the United States is accustomed to leading internationally co-ordinated action.

"But at present the US Government is failing to take up the challenge of global warming."

[gristy]

8. I was very impressed when I heard of the Canadian Environment

Minister's comments on NPR this morning. His strong comments on this subject stand in stark contrast to chimpy's head in the sand, what me worry? "leadership" on this issue. When all is said and done, hundreds of millions stand to be forced out of their homes. We can't ALL move to Mexico.

[gristy]

9. Climate change a bigger issue than terrorism???

Now I've heard everything...
/sarcasm=off
He's right, you know.