Comments on: “Action, not warm words!” http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/01/31/action-not-warm-words/ "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Angus J Huck http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/01/31/action-not-warm-words/#comment-815 Angus J Huck Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:38:29 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/01/31/action-not-warm-words/#comment-815 This is unbelievable. ALL glaciers melt. And they do this so slowly that no-one will notice anything even if they stand there all day. This was so even at the end of the Ice Age. If any of these schoolkids think they're going to watch a glacier dissolve before their eyes, they will be sorely disappointed. Far better to show the kids some real environmental damage. Like the Itoitz Dam, for example (throw in cultural vandalism and ethnic cleansing). Or the 1000s of acres of former industrial land which cannot be developed because of soil contamination. And if you really want to see the effects of extreme weather, go to the top of Toys Hill, Kent, where the 1987 hurricane felled 90% of mature trees - a truly shocking sight. This is unbelievable.

ALL glaciers melt. And they do this so slowly that no-one will notice anything even if they stand there all day. This was so even at the end of the Ice Age.

If any of these schoolkids think they’re going to watch a glacier dissolve before their eyes, they will be sorely disappointed.

Far better to show the kids some real environmental damage. Like the Itoitz Dam, for example (throw in cultural vandalism and ethnic cleansing). Or the 1000s of acres of former industrial land which cannot be developed because of soil contamination. And if you really want to see the effects of extreme weather, go to the top of Toys Hill, Kent, where the 1987 hurricane felled 90% of mature trees - a truly shocking sight.

]]> By: Mike http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/01/31/action-not-warm-words/#comment-813 Mike Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:55:27 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/01/31/action-not-warm-words/#comment-813 Well at least you heard it straight from the horse's mouth... Well at least you heard it straight from the horse’s mouth…

]]> By: Neil http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/01/31/action-not-warm-words/#comment-811 Neil Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:34:04 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2006/01/31/action-not-warm-words/#comment-811 Will they be flying to Switzerland then? Will they be flying to Switzerland then?

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