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Post by Dabbit on Mar 31, 2006 4:59:50 GMT -5
Should temperatures rise by just 3 degrees Celsius, we could reach the point of no return when the ice caps melt, sea levels rise dramatically and the lives of billions of people are threatened. Many say society as we know it would be changed for ever. SOURCEI think it is very worrying that we are so close to disaster. We are being told to cut back all the time here and I have done as much as I can (afford at least). But I do know of people who have a very different attitude, and don't recycle at all, use their cars to cross the road, etc. |
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Post by Mark on Mar 31, 2006 23:06:28 GMT -5
Yes, there's that type everywhere it seems - little or no regard for anything outside of their minute spheres of interest. They are extremely aggravating and must have their heads in the proverbial sand.
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Post by Fluffy on Apr 19, 2006 9:24:32 GMT -5
I think there is still an attitude that resources are always going to outlast our lifetime, so why
worry? Of course, we should be concerned, if only for the world our great grandchildren may
inherit, but how on earth can you change attitudes unless you make things like water so expensive
that people are careful with it and so on.
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Post by Maria on Apr 19, 2006 20:35:36 GMT -5
Yes I agree. I have children and a grandchild. I wonder what the world will be like in 50 years. So man y of our government officials seem to think that time will take care of 'problems' because technology will advance. I am not sure that is correct.
I love the old USA commercial of a native American watching the polluted river with a tear rolling down his check. At least they knew how to take care of the land etc.
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Post by Mark on Apr 20, 2006 10:58:21 GMT -5
That Native American was "Iron Eyes Cody"  a Cree-Cherokee Indian and activist. On January 4, 1999, actor Iron Eyes Cody, who appeared in 100 films, died in Los Angeles. He was 94. |
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