According to Wikipedia, climate change refers to changes in modern climate. However, I regard “climate change” as a convenient term coined by some smart cookies, and worshipped by so many. Every day we experience climate change, or in layman’s term, temperature fluctuation. If there is a prolong cold season, it is due to climate change; similarly, a prolong hot season is also due to climate change. Whether it is wet or dry, flood or draught, the term climate change still applies.
How can people living in desert regions survive, where temperature differential is extreme between day and night? How can a southern hemisphere dweller cope when he leaves the hot summer heat and enjoys a skiing holiday in Aspen? If one believes that human originated from South Africa and migrated to various parts of the world, it shows that human beings could adapt to any climatic conditions without fear of extinction.
Scientists dream of populating the Moon and Mars in the future. The temperatures on these planets are a lot more formidable, and yet scientists are trying to convince the world the possibility of colonising these planets, having sufficient air, water, and food for the future settlers. So, what is the big deal about 2 degrees increase in temperature over the next decade, if the future homes of humankind could be in a harsher and more hostile environment where the temperature differential is a hundred degrees (warmer or colder) between day and night?
On 9 October 2009, two NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed on the southern “ice cap” of the Moon. Four days later, 13 November, NASA scientists announced that there was water on the Moon – expensive and precious 25 gallons of water splash! Similarly, scientists also have analytical evidence that there is moisture below Mars’ surface. The scientists are convinced that there should be enough water in these planets to sustain human lives.
So many times we hear about Australia not being able to support higher population because it does not have enough water. Are the scientists having sight problems, not noticing that 75% to 80% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water, and Australia is the biggest island on Earth? If it is too expensive to turn the plentiful sea water on Earth to useable water for human consumption, how can Earth-base humans support financially the projects to harness water on those planets?
I have been talking and writing about global warming / climate change is a bullshit concept - besides carbon dioxide, one of the recognised greenhouse gases is methane gas from flatulent and decomposition of droppings of animals. (The latest findings show that a sheep burps out more methane gas than that from the rear.) During prehistoric time, there were no humans around working in factories or driving cars that poured out carbon dioxide; one can only conclude that the prehistoric animals' droppings caused the climate change (ice age) which wiped them out eventually!
We cannot stop the long term temperature from rising in the near future, not even if carbon emission is cut by 25% or 50% by all nations in the world. We can only slow down the warming. It is elementary that the Sun keeps pouring out millions of joules of energy / heat upon the Earth every day, now and in the future. Unless the heat energy can be utilised and converted to some forms of matter or energy which do not emit heat, or new technology that can reverse the heating process, we need a totally different kind of conference, unlike the Copenhagen talkfest, to discuss and map out the theory of future life-style evolution.
Early primitive man and some native tribes of present time live a nomadic life-style and enjoy self-sufficiency. Whether the rising sea levels and melting icebergs are caused by climate warming is not just a discussion topic now; immediate actions must be taken for the people living in low lying areas to move somewhere else to avoid being drowned. If weather pattern changes in an area causing severe draught, consider moving to places where rainfall is plentiful and food can be grown.
The question one needs to ask, as the worst case scenario, is if hypothetically all the ice on planet Earth is melted, how much will the sea level rise? Will all the land mass be under water? Obviously, this cannot happen, because there are plenty of highlands well above current sea level.
As a spherical thinker, I strongly suggest that new cities be built on higher grounds. The minimum altitude should match or above the maximum rise in sea level. What are we waiting for? Campaign now!