An interesting interview with James Lovelock
In this BBC interview he talks about climate change. He certainly doesn't support all my views. He says he thinks mankind triggered a shift into a new climate state, but there's now absolutely nothing we can do about it and carbon footprint schemes etc.. are a waste of time that largely exist just to make people money. He uses the phrase 'green propoganda' at least once and rails against public money being wasted on feelgood schemes, lawyers, consultants etc..
Oh and then he predicts that somehow there will be a massive cull of the human population this century.
Grumpy old bastard with a mind like a steel trap still. Better grasp of facts and figures than the early-middle aged BBC journalist he's talking to.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...ames_Lovelock/
For those who can't view it, his conclusions, roughly speaking are :-
i) Worrying about carbon footprints and renewable energy are a waste of time. There's absolutely nothing we can do. Interglacial climates are rare. We're about to enter a 'hot' stage which historically have been more stable. Stop wasting money on these schemes, they're mostly cynically designed to filter public money into private pockets.
ii) Lots of people are going to die and there isn't much we can do.
iii) The best we can do is prepare the UK to be as comfortably habitable as possible with lots of flooding. We ought to expect lots of climate refugees, and we need to grit our teeth and make up our minds in advance how many we're willing to take because there won't be room for all of them.
iv) Environmentalists need to STFU about nuclear power.
Discuss. [/quote]
