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michael
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geek42 writes "Looks like Russia has picked up where the U.S. failed: they've ratified Kyoto, and now it's going to be law (on Feb 16). The BBC has coverage. 'Industrialised countries will have until 2012 to cut their collective emissions of six key greenhouse gases to 5.2% below the 1990 level.'"
Cars that are environmentally friendly may be coming to drivers in North America faster than anyone expected after the Canadian government pledged this week to a dramatic 25 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from all vehicles sold inside its borders by the end of the decade.
50% of all species on the planet will be extinct in the next 50 years - all because of human impact. How the hell can we let that happen? The "mass extinction" of the dinosaurs was ONLY 19% of all species on the planet at that time.
On the other hand, the end-Permian (Permian-Triassic) extinction resulted in the extinction of 90-95% of marine organisms and ~70% of terrestrial species. And that was 298(?) million years ago - several hundred million years before humans were around. Not that the extinctions we are seeing now aren't bad (and a very large portion of them probably are the result of human activity), but they are hardly unprecedented.
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nightsweat
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1. The parent is NOT redundant I posted at 6 minutes after the item went up. At that time no visible posts covered the same ground.
2. Overrated? At 2? At 1? I guess the right wingers don't want to see a post they disagree with. Sorry, you may not agree with it, but its worthy of discussion as the replies would indicate.
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nursedave
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My, aren't we in a grumpy mood tonight! I think somebody needs a nap!
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In related news, Canada is also doing its part.
Cars that are environmentally friendly may be coming to drivers in North America faster than anyone expected after the Canadian government pledged this week to a dramatic 25 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from all vehicles sold inside its borders by the end of the decade.
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On the other hand, the end-Permian (Permian-Triassic) extinction resulted in the extinction of 90-95% of marine organisms and ~70% of terrestrial species. And that was 298(?) million years ago - several hundred million years before humans were around. Not that the extinctions we are seeing now aren't bad (and a very large portion of them probably are the result of human activity), but they are hardly unprecedented.
1. The parent is NOT redundant I posted at 6 minutes after the item went up. At that time no visible posts covered the same ground.
2. Overrated? At 2? At 1? I guess the right wingers don't want to see a post they disagree with. Sorry, you may not agree with it, but its worthy of discussion as the replies would indicate.
the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur - A.N. White
My, aren't we in a grumpy mood tonight! I think somebody needs a nap!
The Democratic Party: We've been pussies since 1968!