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OT - new carbon tax 4-Mar-2011 At 10:49:29 AM Gavo

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come on, are you serious?

3mm a year rising is NOT to be scoffed at.

That attitude is the absolute proof of the problem... people think "Im not in immediate danger, its ok".

There are loads of people who will loose everything in as little as 20-30 years. People are already being displaced in Sri Lanka, India, and various islands in the pacific.

You think this is ok because you live higher?

Come on, thats not an argument.

Additionally, its not purely about sea level rising. There will be raised ocean acidity, raised ocean temperatures, shifts of the currents (already occuring) resulting in dramatic changes in regional climatic trends, mass-level extinctions of species having unpredictable effects on the ecosystems locally and globally...

No, these do not affect you directly. But none of this is acceptable to me. I actually give a shit about the future of the planet for future generations and just because I care.

You dont care because... you wont actually be up to your ankles in water?

Are you also someone who throws rubbish out the car window because its not where you live? Seems like a similiar attitude.

EDIT: also, it was not remotely as good an argument as mine is. Mine is backed by masses of data, yours was stated with no backing whatsoever.