Issues such as research and development into the efficient use of land and water; the breeding of plants capable of withstanding a lack of, or an excess of water; adjusting the land ownership laws to allow for variation in sea levels; development of domestic animals and plants better able to withstand higher or lower temperatures; a reduction in the use and dependence on the use of liquid hydrocarbons (for both sustainable and geo political independence reasons); and careful protection of all ecosystems and an examination of optimal human population numbers are but a tiny sample of issues that could, for a relative song, make a lot of difference to our capacity to meet the climatic and other challenges and opportunities that will occur in the future.
All the indications are that many of the leaders of the nations, including Australia, are totally committed to See O’Too and his prophet Gore. They believe in his inevitable success in the Climate Stakes. What chance is there that they will suspend their non scientific theism and start thinking rationally?
Sadly there is not a lot of hope at all.
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In chess the Danish gambit is a highly speculative, high risk opening that is seldom used because it has a bad record. Many of the world’s leaders will go to Copenhagen later this year for the running of the Climate Stakes. By backing See O’Too they will be playing the mother of all Danish gambits.
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John Ridd taught and lectured in maths and physics in UK, Nigeria and Queensland. He co-authored a series of maths textbooks and after retirement worked for and was awarded a PhD, the topic being 'participation in rigorous maths and science.'