■ A fourth strong voice of dissent came back in 2006. James Hansen wrote, “Further warming of less than 1 degree C will make the Earth warmer than it has been in over a million years. If fossil fuel emissions continue to increase, it will yield additional warming to 2-3 degrees C this century, and imply changes that constitute a different planet. I believe the evidence shows with reasonable clarity that the level of additional warming that would put us into dangerous territory is about 1 degree C, not 2 or 3. I am very confident about that.” But he was ignored by the IPCC and, therefore, ignored by everyone, especially the media. Not following the climate Bible, Hansen’s prediction was marginalized to obscurity. It is eight years later. We find that even a 1 degree C rise is too high. We have already activated unstoppable climate change. The Golden Rule should have been, Respect Earth’s systems, or pay.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:47:20 +0000