The EU has decided to cut emissions of greenhouse gases by
20pc by 2020.
And clearly Mother Earth in anticipation of this great sacrifice
has decided to celebrate. For, according to NASA, global average
temperatures are much lower this year than last.
I wish I was convinced that this drastic reduction would
make a blind bit of difference.
I have a PhD in Chemical Engineering and Mensa-level IQ but
cannot find any clear evidence within reports by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change or other data that this is an appropriate
action.
I recently complained about a lack of balance in an episode
of 'Eco Eye' on the subject of global warming and RTE responded
that in a programme about evolution they would not see the
need to include a spokesman for creationism. However, there
is much more convincing evidence about evolution than greenhouse
gases causing global warming.
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I have read a convincing paper that doubling the carbon dioxide
level in the atmosphere will increase atmospheric temperatures
by just 0.01C.
Not enough to have any major effect and much less than the
0.6C warming seen in Earth's temperatures over the last century.
And CO2 levels more than 10 times higher than they are now
failed to prevent a major ice age that wiped out most live
on Earth at the end of the Ordovician period 445 million years
ago.
In July, tax on bigger cars will become €2,000 per year
and no doubt we can expect more of the same over the next
few years with our rulers exploiting the great global warming
swindle to tax the bejesus out of us.
ULICK STAFFORD PHD
ADAMSTOWN, CO WEXFORD
A hedgehog can't be squashed on the M50 these days without
somebody somewhere putting it down to an effect of global
warming.
High spring tides, hurricanes, volcanoes and earthquakes
. . . climate change is now immediately blamed for all of
them, regardless of the evidence.
In olden days, witches, warlocks and cranky gods were to
blame for all natural misdemeanours.
Personally I just don't buy all this talk about carbon dioxide
destroying the world. It's all just so much hot air.
AIDAN MURRAY
CARRICKHILL, CO DUBLIN
