Australian Chief Scientist: 5 years to "save the world"
4 December, 2009 by Simon
No alarmism or exaggeration there. Mark it in your diaries for the 4 December 2014, because in five years time, it will be too late, we may as well shut up shop, and all commit harakiri. But the most astonishing thing is that this isn’t from some sandwich-board-wearing religious nut, this is from our Chief Scientist.
THE planet has just five years to avoid disastrous global warming, says the Federal Government’s chief scientist.
Prof Penny Sackett yesterday urged all Australians to reduce their carbon footprint.
Australians – among the world’s biggest producers of carbon dioxide – were “better placed than others to do something about it“, she said.
“Australians can make an enormous contribution, so why would we not rise to this challenge and this opportunity,” she told a business conference in Melbourne.
http://australianclimatemadness.com/2009/12/04/australian-chief-scientist-5-years-to-save-the-world/
Professor Penny Sackett was so confident of her prediction that she didn’t issue a caveat. I’d like to do that now. I urge all people with cc bills, utility bills, car repayments and other financial commitments to honour them.
I wonder what qualifications are required to hold down the position of Chief Scientist? Would it be ownership of a white lab coat? Maybe hours spent in front of a mirror trying to master the art of looking serious.
I’m sure Professor Sackett was part of the claque that delighted in giving the tag ‘denier’ to the naysayers so it might be appropriate to label Professor Sackett as a person who once held the position of Chief Codologist.
