Wordpower

2 Responses to Wordpower

1. Kevin Bennett says:

   8 December, 2009 at 6:25 pm

   Perhaps if we all used pedal propelled bikes, trikes and quakes (see previous topic for definition!!), the earth would cool down again. Or maybe all the body heat would warm it even more.
2. Sandra Norval says:

   12 December, 2009 at 9:05 pm

   Oscar, you’re a man after my own heart. It’s time for us to stop making excuses and blaming it all on everyone else. OK the governments need to step up and do their bit but we can do our bit too.

   If we all took steps to change things bit by bit, over time those bits will all amount to rather a lot. By that time international government action will be kicking in too. Surely that’s something?

   Also, to be fair to our government they have been one of the better ones. We have strategies in place, some elements have been ratified in law and some are acted on by more local agencies. The fact is that if we step back and look at the overview we have achieved a huge amount over recent years. More needs to be done nationally, of course, but it’s the international impact that will be crucial.

   Our weather system is at the edge of so many others which means we get the impacts from other countries failures. To think that we won’t probably won’t suffer the worst outcomes is awful but that isn’t because we won’t get the weather, rather that we are more affluent so can cope better. Our loss is often more material. Lives lost, although devastating are generally few in number. Africa, Bangladesh and so many other countries will see the worst of it through flooding, famine, disease and more.

   We all have a responsibility to do something. At least, do something.