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lovelock talks straight on the menace from ignorant ‘greens’ “Renewable energy might be a good idea in the long term, and is
a showy way for politicians to prove that they are doing something, but
it is already too late to expect it to play a significant role; global
warming is already happening and is likely to intensify. To supplement
the feeble energy supplies from renewables by lashings of natural gas
is a risky option, particularly for Britain. The European encouragement
of subsidised renewable energy might be justified were there no alternative
tried and tested energy source - but there is: clean and safe nuclear
energy. The objections to it are unscientific and perverse, but the green
lobbies have preached against it until some European governments have
been forced to act against the public good and allow it to be phased out.”
“The Kyoto protocol and the government white paper on energy use are small changes in the right direction but insufficient to alter the course of events and inadequate for stirring the altruism needed to curb emissions and our pressures on the land. My hope lies in that powerful force that takes over our lives when we sense that our tribe or nation is threatened from outside. In wartime we accept without question the severest of rationing and will readily offer our lives. Perhaps when the catastrophes of the intensifying greenhouse effect become frequent enough we will pull together as a global unit with the self-restraint to stop burning fossil fuel and abusing the natural world.” related material |
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Ssongbirds, aspen, beavers are all returning as the wolves hassle the elk. The same article, in 4 pages complete with holiday snaps related material |
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