Nick Gardner wrote:

On 25/02/2021 20:08, Tudor Hughes wrote:
It's not that that I disagree that the world is a warmer place or
that mankind is very largely responsible for this, it's that the warnings
seem rather hysterical, so much so that members of the public will tend to
dismiss them. In any case not all the disruptive effects of flooding are
due to increased rainfall; we can have a considerable effect on how this
excess is dealt with and maybe some practices will need to change.

I find the 'climate catastrophe' agenda rather waring. The last series by
David Attenborough, appallingly called 'Perfect Planet' a fine example of
pushing a hysterical agenda.

And I agree totally, keep up the alarmist rhetoric and in the end, people
start to ignore it.

That sounds a bit denialist to me, Nick. I am a lifetime observer of weather
and climate worldwide and what I see today suggests to me that we are on the
brink of a catastrophe. I didn't find 'Perfect Planet' in any way 'over the
top'. As I said earlier, this is something of a slow-burner but I am sure that
some tipping points will be reached within the next couple of decades (probably
have already been reached in the Arctic) that'll be real 'wake-up' calls.
Sadly, I think it's already too late to prevent any of this happening. I used
to be somewhat sceptical about the potential negative man-made effects on
climate but what I have seen in recent years has changed all that.
Unfortunately, this will all get kicked down the road by the politicians and we
(the human race) will lurch into an untenable situation without any advance
planning as to how we will deal with it. I don't expect to be around long
enough to really see whether I'm right or wrong but I see no reason for
optimism.

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