Jurassic Fools

By Creature

Maybe the real battle of the 21st century should be about stopping this:

Global warming over the coming century could mean a return of temperatures last seen in the age of the dinosaur and lead to the extinction of up to half of all species, a scientist said on Thursday.

Not only will carbon dioxide levels be at the highest levels for 24 million years, but global average temperatures will be higher than for up to 10 million years, said Chris Thomas of the University of York.

Between 10 and 99 percent of species will be faced with atmospheric conditions that last existed before they evolved, and as a result from 10-50 percent of them could disappear.

"We may very well already be on the breaking edge of a wave of mass extinctions," Thomas told the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

President Bush likes to say that when future generations look back at this time they will praise us for recognizing the enormity of the terror threat and thank us for saving their asses. Personally, I think they will look back at this time and call us fools for not taking steps to stop the only real threat that will be facing them and the planet.

Straight from the horses mouth:

"I'm worried, Katie, strongly worried about a world if we lose our confidence and don't help defeat this ideology. I'm worried that 50 years from now, they'll look back and say how come Bush and everybody else didn't see the fact that this group of people would use oil to affect our economy? How come he didn't confront the Iranian threat and its nuclear ambitions? Why didn't you support the moderate governments there in the region? And I truly believe this is the ideological struggle of the 21st century. And the consequences for not achieving success are dire."

No, the consequences of not listening to science are dire.

(Cross-posted at State of the Day.)