03-28-2008, 18:18 PM
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Military Professional
Join Date: 09-15-06
Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK
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Originally Posted by Shek
Malthus?
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No  (I hadn't forgotten about him, but he no longer seems to be on everyones approval list). The man in question is James Lovelock. He thinks the world is 40 years from a global catastrophe that will kill billions. He also thinks that the 5+ extra billions are responsible for the damage done to the planet, and that Malthus was right all along. He says he thinks it is too late to repair the damage now and government targets are futile. Quote "Everyone could burn coal all day and drive around in 4 x 4s and it would not make a scrap of difference". He thinks China could be the first country to suffer the death of plant life, and they will move to Africa which they will colonise. Everyone else will move to the colder regions to escape the same fate. Americans will move to Canada. Quote 'If we get it wrong you will have ghastly encampments like Darfur. People will be smuggling their way in and setting up camps. Ethnic communities will want to help them and civil war will start'. Britain is (like) a life boat but if any more come in we will sink.
Many will scoff at his claims, but he is a distinguished scientist, who has a great invention to his name - the Electron Capture Detector. 88 years old and sprightly he lives on a nature reserve in Cornwall. Many know him through his book 'The Revenge of Gaia'. Some will discount his ideas immediately. Others may find them to be thought-provoking.
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