Bruce, Took your advice and watched... VERY tedious at first but extremely well worth my time. Thanks.
On Mar 10, 6:50 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > ---- > > ** > > *How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change* > > “Imagine, shooting 40,000 elephants to prevent the land in Africa from > going to desert because scientists thought the land couldn’t sustain them, > only to find the effort was for naught and the idea as to why was totally > wrong. That alone was a real eye opener. > > Every once in awhile, an idea comes along that makes you ask, “gee why > hasn’t anybody seen this before?”. This one of those times. This video > below is something I almost didn’t watch, because my concerns were > triggered by a few key words in the beginning. But, recommended by a > Facebook friend, I stuck with it, and I’m glad I did, because I want every > one of you, no matter what side of the climate debate you live in, to watch > this and experience that light bulb moment as I did. The key here is to > understand that desertification is one of the real climate changes we are > witnessing as opposed to some the predicted ones we often fight over. > > It is one of those seminal moments where I think a bridge has been created > in the climate debate, and I hope you’ll seize the moment and embrace it. > This video comes with my strongest possible recommendation, because it > speaks to a real problem, with real solutions in plain language, while at > the same time offering true hope. > > This is a TED talk by Dr. Allan Savory in Los Angeles this past week, > attended by our friend Dr. Matt Ridley, whose presentation we’ll look at > another time. Sometimes, TED talks are little more that pie in the sky; > this one is not. And, it not only offers a solution, it shows the solution > in action and presents proof that it works. It makes more sense than > anything I’ve seen in a long, long, time. Our friend Dr. Roger Pielke Sr., > champion of studying land use change as it affects local and regional > climate will understand this, so will our cowboy poet Willis Eschenbach, > who grew up on a cattle ranch. I daresay some of our staunchest critics > will get it too.” > > Mankind changing the climate catastrophically by contributing 3% every year > to the natural flows of CO2 may well be a junk science fantasy but mankind > changing the climate through desertification certainly is not. The video is > brilliant. It would be better still if someone would explain to Allan > Savory that releasing carbon trapped at great depth in the earth's crust > back into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels is a wholly beneficial > process which helps to green the Earth and does not have any measurable > effect on the climate at all. > > http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/03/08/a-bridge-in-the-climate-debate-... > > __._,_.___ > Reply via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum/post;_ylc=X3...> > Reply > to sender <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dRe%3A%20How%20to%20green%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%2 > 0deserts%20and%20reverse%20climate%20change');> > Reply > to group <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dRe%3A%20How%20to%20green%20the%20world%E2%80%99 > s%20deserts%20and%20reverse%20climate%20change');> > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum/post;_ylc=X3...> > Messages > in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum/message/1305...>(1) > Recent Activity: > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarian-alliance-forum;_ylc=X3oDMTJ...> > Subscribe: > [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > Unsubscribe: > [email protected]<javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > > NB - The Libertarian Alliance does not necessarily approve of the above > message. > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkbGlhamxvBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycEl...> > Switch to: Text-Only <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dChange+Delivery+Format:+Traditional');>, > Daily Digest <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dEmail+Delivery:+Digest');>• > Unsubscribe <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dUnsubscribe');>• > Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> • Send us Feedback > <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dFeedback+on+the+redesigned+individual+mail+v1') > ;> > . > > __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
