I don’t want to fall into the role of profit of doom, but by chance keep stumbling upon things which support the somewhat radical contention I’ve put forward, so I’m posting them when they are of sufficient magnitude to be convincing.
The latest banner to float across my browser said ‘Australia will be ‘uninhabitable’ by 2070’
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=1395
In fact the article actually says that it will be Sydney that will be uninhabitable, but if that is so it is a pretty fair bet that almost all of Oz be too. The fact is the vast majority of that continent is already.
The conclusion has been prompted by a scientific report on climate change commissioned by the New South Wales government.
‘The report, which forecasts a 40 per cent drop in rainfall by 2070, presses hard on the heels of the shock announcement by Queensland's Premier that from next December state residents stand to drink recycled sewerage.’
It also goes on to say that tomorrow the IPCC will predict that:
‘… in 30 years the Barrier Reef could well be dead, a victim of rising sea temperatures coupled with bleaching of the fragile coral.’
One only has to reflect on the fact that Australia continues to refuse to sign the Kyoto protocol to see how massively – and self-destructively – we remain in denial.
Meanwhile Londoners and others, who have been drinking recycled sewerage for as long as I can remember, might want to reflect on the true quality of life that inhabitants of this, the forth biggest economy in the world, actually enjoy, in the light of the shock mentioned above. And what that means about the environment they populate.
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