UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon responds to a Twitter query, and says that unfortunately climate change cannot be reversed. It can only be slowed down. I'd like to believe, however, that the earth is more resilient and more adaptable than dire environmentalists have led us to believe. Certainly it would take the earth years and years to replenish its devastated forests and depleted resources, and if humankind continues on a tear with his plundering behavior, then that replenishment will lag behind indefinitely. But I daresay that reversal is possible. In any case, I very much appreciate the Secretary-General encouraging us on small efforts to conserve energy, which the likes of Naomi Klein and Leonardo DiCaprio seem to dismiss.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Can we still reverse climate change?
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon responds to a Twitter query, and says that unfortunately climate change cannot be reversed. It can only be slowed down. I'd like to believe, however, that the earth is more resilient and more adaptable than dire environmentalists have led us to believe. Certainly it would take the earth years and years to replenish its devastated forests and depleted resources, and if humankind continues on a tear with his plundering behavior, then that replenishment will lag behind indefinitely. But I daresay that reversal is possible. In any case, I very much appreciate the Secretary-General encouraging us on small efforts to conserve energy, which the likes of Naomi Klein and Leonardo DiCaprio seem to dismiss.
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