Comments on: Cycle 4 Climate Protection

By: Frederick C. Bell

Frederick C. Bell — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:53:32 +0000

Climate change is just one of a number of related global problems all with the same basic causes. The other problems include resource depletion (water, oil, seafood, arable land etc), the U.S. money crisis, threats of terrorism and war, and continuing losses of lifeforms (biodiversity). The THREE MOST BASIC causes are:
1. Continuing growth of population and demand for resources (the comments by Sumner Berg and others about this issue are obviously correct).
2. Prevailing economic ideologies and practices that promote the growth in demand for resources, and stimulate wasteful consumerism , short-termism, greed, selfishness and aggression (disguised as ‘market forces’, ’standard of living’, ‘incentives’ and ‘competition’).
3.The failure of civilizing constraints (laws, ethics, religions, family discipline, government
regulations etc) to effectively modify the greed, selfishness and aggression stimulated by the
prevailing economic ideologies and practices.

We should not expect any of the problems to be satisfactorily resolved until these basic causes are widely recognised and co-operatively addressed.

By: Hanne

Hanne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:39:10 +0000

For haevens’s sake, let’s get on with it! We are running out of time to save this beautiful world for our children and grandchildren. We have wasted the last 12 years and might never catch up. Now is the time!

By: Leonie

Leonie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:24:19 +0000

With the evidence before all levels of government I am at a total loss and full of desperation at the inability of those to whom we have given our voice to take positive, decisive action NOW. For god’s sake, don’t listen to those who have vested interests in keeping the coal fires burning – just LOOK at the evidence all around you. Climate change is HERE NOW and the effects are increasing exponentially. At this rate, we will look back on the current government with fury and despair unless they start looking at much deeper impacts that the dollar.

By: Angela Lindstad

Angela Lindstad — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:32:33 +0000

There is no time to lose

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:38:10 +0000

The government needs to know that we support urgent action to counteract climate change. Renewable energy must be given incentives.

By: Nick Towle

Nick Towle — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:28:36 +0000

There is a climate change emergency, though the conservatism demonstrated in canceling the ride reflects the sort of conservatism that we are urging our politicians to overcome in tackling the challenges ahead. Please be careful with the message you’re sending out to Australian youth. Stepping in to a car to drive to the destination carries a proportionally similar risk of personal injury and damage to future generations.

Thanks for the inspiration and for considering a great idea and I hope you might muster a little more courage for future actions.

Yours for the future,
Nick T

The Otesha Project (Aus) -Cycling for Sustainability
http://www.otesha.org.au

By: chris yates

chris yates — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:18:15 +0000

Great initiative. The impetus is there to find workable solutions to lower greenhouse emissions. If the Government won’t take on the coal industry, then the community needs to act to protecting our children’s future. The science is incontrovertible.

By: Gail

Gail — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:42:28 +0000

For heavens sake, why are we taking so long to do anything! The Arctic ice is melting. Earth is threatened. Let’s get going and at least try to lessen the threat of global warming.

By: Judith Muir

Judith Muir — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:59:52 +0000

There is a time for change – at a time when change will be embraced. Never has the general population been more ammenable to the concept of recognising individual and government effort and the necessary constraints in dealing with climate change

By: Juliette Calderone

Juliette Calderone — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:13:42 +0000

This is a great start . Good work.