Friday, November 25, 2005

The end of the world. And it's not the Vogons this time.

Remember all that jazz about global warming? It's back. And in a big way. Apparently, there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than at any point during the, ahem, last 650,000 years.

And, another study says that the oceans will rise nearly half a metre by the end of the century, forcing coastlines back by hundreds of metres.

Finally, skeptics are starting to believe that it's actually possible for ice caps to melt, sea levels to rise and drown islands and cities on coasts thanks to the increasing temperatures caused by the carbon dioxide. The idiots took so long to get convinced. Two different studies, one about the carbon dioxide and one about the rising sea levels, changed their minds.

5 comments:

  1. Heh... Hell no.

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  2. vishal: Did I even SAY I was gonna do something about it? I, like many, am just going to sit around complaining about it. It's fun. At least the guys who thought it was bullshit don't think the same now... Some big, powerful guys, especially. I'm assuming you're smart enough to know that breathing isn't the only source of carbon dioxide...

    rads: I'll take it that you're kidding. I wonder which is more painful - Vogon poetry or drowning...

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  3. Even if there is life outside the Earth, I doubt if anyone would care enough to do so.

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  4. Neither, though choking on our own bile would be fitting.

    Considering that the sea levels are rising, I would say that we'd be underwater for a long, long time - dead. Or maybe even alive, who knows.

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  5. Something like that... More like a dilapidated Atlantis. And, like you aptly put, rape the ocean floor too.

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