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Father of the Gaia Theory --not to mention certified donavon-- mister James Lovelock, blames too-much-talk as the reason we're all basically doomed, before he pops out to space later this year for his 90th birthday party aboard Richard Branson's Thunderbird 2.
[from New Scientist:]
"I'm an optimistic pessimist. I think it's wrong to assume we'll survive 2 °C of warming: there are already too many people on Earth. At 4 °C we could not survive with even one-tenth of our current population. The reason is we would not find enough food, unless we synthesised it. Because of this, the cull during this century is going to be huge, up to 90 per cent. The number of people remaining at the end of the century will probably be a billion or less. It has happened before: between the ice ages there were bottlenecks when there were only 2000 people left. It's happening again.
"I don't think humans react fast enough or are clever enough to handle what's coming up. Kyoto was 11 years ago. Virtually nothing's been done except endless talk and meetings."Father of the Gaia Theory --not to mention certified donavon-- mister James Lovelock,... more
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Scientist, inventor, author and futurist Doctor James Lovelock, is most famous for originating 'Gaia Theory', which proposes that the earth functions as a self-regulating super-organism. Many of Lovelocks predictions about the state of the Earth and the fate of humanity are becoming alarmingly true...
Camera & sound Vanessa Stockley
Produced & narrated by Daniel Abineri
Scientist, inventor, author and futurist Doctor James Lovelock, is most famous for... more
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Planetary scale engineering might be able to combat global warming, but, as with nineteenth century medicine, the best option may simply be kind words and letting Nature take its course, says James LovelockPlanetary scale engineering might be able to combat global warming, but, as with... more
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Climate science maverick James Lovelock believes catastrophe is inevitable, carbon offsetting is a joke and ethical living a scam. So what would he do?
I found this part of the article an interesting snap shot:
"Humanity is in a period exactly like 1938-9, he explains, when "we all knew something terrible was going to happen, but didn't know what to do about it". But once the second world war was under way, "everyone got excited, they loved the things they could do, it was one long holiday ... so when I think of the impending crisis now, I think in those terms. A sense of purpose - that's what people want."
There are some good points in what he says. ... The part about people not wanting to change. I think he is a bit of a cranky old man and I will keep my hope and faith that we can change but what do you think? Climate science maverick James Lovelock believes catastrophe is inevitable, carbon... more
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"Lecture in The Royal Society, UK 29.10.2007 James Lovelock - Climate change on the living Earth""Lecture in The Royal Society, UK 29.10.2007 James Lovelock - Climate change on... more
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One of the most eminent scientists of our time says that global warming is irreversible and that more than 6 billion people will perish by the end of the century.One of the most eminent scientists of our time says that global warming is... more
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