In case you still think that Global Warming is a hoax (especially when looking at the deep winter conditions of January 2008 in the midwest of the United States), then contemplate the following picture which shows the European Alp's (still) largest glacier, the Aletsch glacier in 1900 and 2005:
Zurich's Federal Institute of Technology (the Swiss equivalent to the MIT) published a strategy paper last Monday that calls to "limit CO2 emissions to one ton per person per year by the end of the century - if the planet's population increases to ten billion as foreseen." They want to achieve this goal with the three "E"'s:
Increased efficiency of energy conversion at all steps of the supply chain, the rapid introduction of renewable energies, and the increased consumption of electricity at the end-user level. Read on...
Today, the 11-day conference has started that should prepare the way to a post-Kyoto protocol treaty. Most notable quote (source: AP):
"One of the stumbling blocks so far has been the fear of economic hardship," said Indonesian Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar, the host of the Bali meeting. "Though the cost will be significant ... it's insignificant compared to the damage that uncontrolled climate change will wreak." Read on...
From Yahoo News:
"Climate change imperils "the most precious treasures of our planet," he said, and the effects are "so severe and so sweeping that only urgent global action will do. We are all in this together. We must work together."
The whole article is unfortunately no longer available since Yahoo doesn't store the news forever. The orignal link was http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071118/ap_on_sc/climate_change_conference
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