the climate change is the single most important problem that we’re going to
important problem that we’re going to
important problem that we’re going to deal with in our lifetime and this I
deal with in our lifetime and this I
deal with in our lifetime and this I mean isn’t particularly surprising to
mean isn’t particularly surprising to
mean isn’t particularly surprising to anyone who pays attention but you are
anyone who pays attention but you are
anyone who pays attention but you are kind of dealing in the book with more
kind of dealing in the book with more
kind of dealing in the book with more the politics involved can you just
the politics involved can you just
the politics involved can you just explain this to us a little bit we kind
explain this to us a little bit we kind
explain this to us a little bit we kind of know what happens physically at
of know what happens physically at
of know what happens physically at various you know one degree hotter two
various you know one degree hotter two
various you know one degree hotter two degrees hotter but what hasn’t got a lot
degrees hotter but what hasn’t got a lot
degrees hotter but what hasn’t got a lot of attention is what happens politically
of attention is what happens politically
of attention is what happens politically what happened strategically for example
what happened strategically for example
what happened strategically for example Australia is the driest continent so if
Australia is the driest continent so if
Australia is the driest continent so if it’s going to be the effect of this sort
it’s going to be the effect of this sort
it’s going to be the effect of this sort that’s where you’d effective a shawl
that’s where you’d effective a shawl
that’s where you’d effective a shawl first and they are showing up or at
first and they are showing up or at
first and they are showing up or at least that’s what Australians are coming
least that’s what Australians are coming
least that’s what Australians are coming to think they’re in the seventh year
to think they’re in the seventh year
to think they’re in the seventh year what they call the big dry they’re
what they call the big dry they’re
what they call the big dry they’re beginning to suspect and they’re pretty
beginning to suspect and they’re pretty
beginning to suspect and they’re pretty well convinced that this is not an
well convinced that this is not an
well convinced that this is not an ordinary drop because the droughts and
ordinary drop because the droughts and
ordinary drop because the droughts and right maybeee this is climate change in
right maybeee this is climate change in
right maybeee this is climate change in which case this is the new normal and
which case this is the new normal and
which case this is the new normal and we’re we’re not going back to what
we’re we’re not going back to what
we’re we’re not going back to what normally happens at the end of drought 3
normally happens at the end of drought 3
normally happens at the end of drought 3 is not coming back that huge export
is not coming back that huge export
is not coming back that huge export industry that was inland Australia
industry that was inland Australia
industry that was inland Australia murray-darling Basin it’s on where they
murray-darling Basin it’s on where they
murray-darling Basin it’s on where they grew the weed and on the other grain
grew the weed and on the other grain
grew the weed and on the other grain that they exported that have asia with
that they exported that have asia with
that they exported that have asia with these out of commission indonesia and
these out of commission indonesia and
these out of commission indonesia and the philippines which can write north of
the philippines which can write north of
the philippines which can write north of Australia they’re going to be drying out
Australia they’re going to be drying out
Australia they’re going to be drying out too and so the Australians have just
too and so the Australians have just
too and so the Australians have just actually bought a whole new fleet of
actually bought a whole new fleet of
actually bought a whole new fleet of ocean-going patrol vessels because they
ocean-going patrol vessels because they
ocean-going patrol vessels because they can see waves of people fleeing south
can see waves of people fleeing south
can see waves of people fleeing south from farms and no longer produce to
from farms and no longer produce to
from farms and no longer produce to Australia where there might be work take
Australia where there might be work take
Australia where there might be work take two or three more regions out and you
two or three more regions out and you
two or three more regions out and you got an overall world food shortage mr.
got an overall world food shortage mr.
got an overall world food shortage mr. Obama is promising to get the us back to
Obama is promising to get the us back to
Obama is promising to get the us back to 1990 levels of
1990 levels of
1990 levels of by 2020 there may be plenty of room for
by 2020 there may be plenty of room for
by 2020 there may be plenty of room for debate as to how we transition from
debate as to how we transition from
debate as to how we transition from fossil fuels to renewable fuels we all
fossil fuels to renewable fuels we all
fossil fuels to renewable fuels we all understand there’s no silver bullet to
understand there’s no silver bullet to
understand there’s no silver bullet to do it but there’s no question that we
do it but there’s no question that we
do it but there’s no question that we must do all these things and he’s
must do all these things and he’s
must do all these things and he’s promising eighty percent cuts American
promising eighty percent cuts American
promising eighty percent cuts American emissions by 2050 the game’s over by
emissions by 2050 the game’s over by
emissions by 2050 the game’s over by 2030 that’s way too late guys what
2030 that’s way too late guys what
2030 that’s way too late guys what you’re promising is that you won’t be
you’re promising is that you won’t be
you’re promising is that you won’t be worse than you were you know 20 years
worse than you were you know 20 years
worse than you were you know 20 years ago if you give it if you give us
ago if you give it if you give us
ago if you give it if you give us another 10 years that’s not good enough
another 10 years that’s not good enough
another 10 years that’s not good enough are people sufficiently scared if you go
are people sufficiently scared if you go
are people sufficiently scared if you go somewhere above two degrees but probably
somewhere above two degrees but probably
somewhere above two degrees but probably well before three you start melting the
well before three you start melting the
well before three you start melting the permafrost an enormous amounts of carbon
permafrost an enormous amounts of carbon
permafrost an enormous amounts of carbon dioxide and methane which is even worse
dioxide and methane which is even worse
dioxide and methane which is even worse guys for warming come out I mean there’s
guys for warming come out I mean there’s
guys for warming come out I mean there’s enough carbon dioxide locked up in the
enough carbon dioxide locked up in the
enough carbon dioxide locked up in the permafrost to double the amount of
permafrost to double the amount of
permafrost to double the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now these are feedbacks and can’t throw you
these are feedbacks and can’t throw you
these are feedbacks and can’t throw you can’t cool calm permafrost back down you
can’t cool calm permafrost back down you
can’t cool calm permafrost back down you can’t Julio shins here expect down you
can’t Julio shins here expect down you
can’t Julio shins here expect down you could get your own emissions down to
could get your own emissions down to
could get your own emissions down to zero sometime later and it wouldn’t stop
zero sometime later and it wouldn’t stop
zero sometime later and it wouldn’t stop the warming because it’s taken over
the warming because it’s taken over
the warming because it’s taken over nature natural processes so you know for
nature natural processes so you know for
nature natural processes so you know for those two reasons you mustn’t go past we
those two reasons you mustn’t go past we
those two reasons you mustn’t go past we talk so there is a deadline we need
talk so there is a deadline we need
talk so there is a deadline we need people to be scared because you know
people to be scared because you know
people to be scared because you know fear moves people it got you don’t get
fear moves people it got you don’t get
fear moves people it got you don’t get some moving and we do need to move
some moving and we do need to move
some moving and we do need to move pretty fast on this stone
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