Changement climatique, par Jens Galschiot

Nightmare thoughts about the climate

 

We know we're sitting astride of the Globe.

We know it's ready to drop under our weight.

We know our conduct is triggering an ecological catastrophe.

We know that a continued increase of the CO2 emission will boost the greenhouse effect and cause further soaring of the temperature.

We know that the rise of temperature will melt the permafrost and trigger an irreversible process releasing methane with even more rise of temperature as the result.

We know that the increase of temperature of just a few degrees will spark off an ecological chaos with draught, hurricanes and inversion of sea streams.

We know that the poles may melt and cause a rise of the water level so that inundation big areas will kill billions of people and animals.

We know it will be practically impossible to maintain human civilisation in such a climatic nightmare.

We know how to prevent the catastrophe. Despite of this we refuse changing our behaviour and conduct.

We know practically everything. Though we're the most conscious and intelligent beings ever seen on Earth, we behave as stupid lemming on our way to our own annihilation.

This must be one of the most conscious suicides in the Universe.

Jens Galschiot, G8 Summit, Rostock, June 2007

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