Thread: is the drought caused by..........

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Just clarify my post above - I do "believe in global warming" although there are some serious questions regarding some of the data and the causes, but on the balance of evidence I think that the earth is warming up, and the cause may well be human actions. What I don't believe is that this drought has anything to do with it.

And as I have commented elsewhere, any action by Australia will have no significant effect on global warming - simply because there are so few of us on the world scale. As against that, global effects are likely to have a major effect on Australia.

John

I voted yes.. but when I looked at the post more closely I agree entirely with the above.

Further to my last comment.. i see global warming as a moot point. We have to stop using oil for transport/heating/electricity generation because it's **really** useful for making virtually everything. It is a finite resource.

The only way we can get there is by developing better ways of generating electricity so we can move towards electric car with hydrogen as their backup fuel.

My own belief is we have stuffed this planet in a real short period of time, this worlds endured ice ages etc before and I suspect it will again one day, ultimately we will pay one day, if a dirty great chunk of space junk doesnt smack us first, wasnt that what killed the dinosaurs?, we are our own worst enemy, if the Ice packs of the world suddenly melted overnite, where would all you Sydney siders be apart from cold and wet, looking for a boat perhaps!, should do wonders for house prices in Canberra