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Desmond Tutu: Developed Countries Caused Global Warming and the Green Opportunity
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by Milieunet | July 19, 2008 at 02:56 am
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“In the United States, the largest amount of debt has been pulled up because of the purchase of foreign oil. We need to substitute renewable sources of energy — solar energy, wind energy and others — in place of the very expensive and dirty oil and coal that’s contributing to the debt crisis and the general financial crisis. It (the global financial slump) is in some ways a great opportunity for us to have these technologies before us… to revive economies.”
– Al Gore speaking via satellite yesterday during a new conference for the announcement of Live Earth India
Source: http://www.ecorazzi.com/
I found this article written bij Sara about Desmond Tutu:
In a video message to a meeting of the World Development Movement lobby group on Thursday, former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu said that developed countries have caused global warming and need to be the leaders in cutting their carbon gas emissions.
Tutu said that businessmen who take flights instead of using video conferencing are sentencing the poor people of the world to death, and that up to 185 million Africans would die this century because of climate change.
You mean polar bears aren’t the only mammals affected by global warming? Here’s to hoping Tutu’s words won’t fall on deaf ears in the countries that need to hear them most.
You know. Like ours.
Sara is the Editor of YouthNoise.com. She also keeps a blog, Pay Attention, dedicated to giving web activists an easy, progressive daily action to take.
So everybody starts to talk in the same direction. Al Gore, Bill Clinton, T. Boone Pickens, Desmond Tutu, Tony Blair and so on.
Can't wait to hear Barack Obama on this subject. He has only one chance for a real big change of politics on global warming
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at 02:59 on July 19th, 2008
Milieunet, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 03:16 on July 19th, 2008
Milieunet, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 03:25 on July 19th, 2008
Milieunet, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Well he is correct and just wait another Year or so. They will be a massive international law suit filed against the top 5 polluters in the Western World!
at 05:11 on July 19th, 2008
I like the story man!
at 05:45 on July 19th, 2008
Ultimately, the candidates will say whatever they think will get them into the White House.
at 06:09 on July 19th, 2008
Milieunet, I like this story. It's good stuff. Wow, who knew Desmond Tutu was such a Friggin Rocket Scientist to figure that one out? I wonder if he can regale us with tales of the origin of the Brontasaurus?
You know, thin at one end, Large in the middle and then thin at the other end.
Tutu's statement that 185 million Africans would die this century because of climate change. Here's a Climate called Mass Genocide, Tutu should be chatting about. One wonders what is more important? Stopping mass genocide of African people by their own hand, at a rate which this is going, in a century, there won't be any African people left to die from Climate Change anyways. Ya really gotta get with the program here Tutu, fix the genocide which is immediate, and worry about climate change after in the long term. One wonders why Reporters don't question people at the podium when they ramble on about non sensical issues, when real immediate one are right in front of their face. That is like saying, Jesus is coming one day, so we better start getting the spare bedroom ready.
at 06:19 on July 19th, 2008
Yes, of course, Desmond Tutu is a climate expert, whose opinion carries much weight. The West is probably responsible for the warming on Mars, Venus and Mercury as well.
Dr. David Evans, Australia's lead carbon accounting official was a global warming alarmist until recently when he realized that several factors did not support the carbon dioxide responsibility for global warming. Satellites measuring world temperature have shown global cooling since 2001, and temperatures are now at 1980 levels. See www.theaustralian.news.com and look for David Evans' No Smoking Hot Spot(July 18, 2008). The "Hot Spot" refers to an area about 10 Km. above Earth's surface, over the tropics, in which a hot region is expected, if indeed greenhouse carbon dioxide were responsible for the warming(cooling?).
Perhaps slash and burn practices in Africa should be banned as well, as desertification is a consequence. More trees equal cooler surface temperatures. Mr. Al Gore, who travels extensively around the globe, to inform the masses of the looming catastrophe, consumes more energy in 1 month at one of his homes than 22 average American homes. His jet fuel alone, and requisite transportation needs outstrip the energy consumption of God knows how many average people.
If global warming were indeed melting the ice caps, how many coastal areas have you seen submerged? I live near a beach which is about 30' wide. At high tides, there literally is no beach, as the water hits the bluffs. In my 30 years here, there has been no noticeable increase in the sea level. There have been approximately 6 global warmings over the past 500,000 years according to new ice core data. So who should we blame for those?
Was the 50 BILLION DOLLARS spent studying and researching global warming over the past 20 years well spent? Many scientists believe it was.
at 07:48 on July 19th, 2008
Geez BL, careful what you say now, there are some who still believe the lie!
at 07:54 on July 19th, 2008
You are the expert! Right!
at 06:54 on July 19th, 2008
I'll leave the GS flag this time Milieunet on the off chance your name is Sara, ok? Cheers!
at 06:58 on July 19th, 2008
Did Sara write this and not Milieunet? I guess so! Ouch, should remove mine!
at 07:24 on July 19th, 2008
@Caoimhin 1 and Paschen
I put my sources on the article. Some words are mine and some words are from Sara.
at 07:37 on July 19th, 2008
Easy to fix this problem, milieunet. Use the highlight tool on what you took from someone else's page. Then add your own commentary outside it. If you have trouble with the Highlight tool, simply add a lead-in to the article, then say According to xxxxx at yyyyy, and then paste in all copied material in quote marks. Make sure you add a link to the source, either in the lead-in or by adding something like --name of source with link in the name at the end. Then add more commentary if you like. Or more commentary at the top. But mixing your comments with someone else's work without stating clearly what's what isn't a good thing at all.
at 07:48 on July 19th, 2008
Just fix it some what and it will be fine!
at 01:06 on July 20th, 2008
@PEP and @Paschen.
The highlight tool doesn't work. Tried to install many times, but no succes. I have to talk this over with our IT man. So, i will take the advice from PEP.
at 01:26 on July 20th, 2008
Try to write it out in your own word and include the web link as your source!
Or write the link out!
Read this it may help you in the future!
It is a very good Post and I commend you for posting it. Nevertheless it is a copy and should not be on her as such! Please check out the rules!
nowpublic.com/newsroom/tips
It may help a bit! Further Here's one take on copyright.
There are two different issues: what's legal and what's ethical. The former is spelled out in law. The latter is a personal choice.
Dartmouth has a good, brief resource on copyright. This resource also covers Fair Use, which is really what a highlight is about. From that section:
"The purpose and the character of the use, including whether it is for commercial or non-profit educational purposes
There are many good resources that cover the Berne convention, copyright law, DCA, etc. on the 'net.
This was posted by PEP earlier!