Thought of the day

[mrsbrown]

Today I went to an ACF rally about Climate Change, and a woman from Tuvulu talked about higher king tides washing away houses and farmland.  And then, as I was reading an article suggesting that the current cuts suggested at Copenhagen are still likely to result in a 3 degree temperature rise, I suddenly thought, "hey, the disaster's really going to happen this time".

When I thought about my response,  I realised that none of the worries of the future I had in my childhood and young adulthood have come to pass.  We have not had a nuclear war, the world didn't end on 1 Jan 2000, and the hole in the ozone layer is basically under control. 

Subconciously, my brain has been putting climate change into the same bucket, with the same likely conclusion.  I wonder how many other people have the same response going?

Edit: How many other people think that climate change will be resolved somehow, based on this erroneous thinking? 

Comments

[tcpip]

Good question, as the great challenge to climate change action is the problem of thermal inertia.

Three degrees will result in very significant changes.