[Catalist] Prince Charles’ Comment

[Leon Harris]

oops, India was attached 120 000 000 years ago, not 100 000. Word-clever 
is not number-clever !





On 12/01/2021 9:36 pm, Leon Harris wrote:
> As I drive out towards my apiary in Karnup, I cross a sharp boundary 
> just along the eastern edge of lake Cooloongup. The country comes 
> alive after this point, with suddenly many species of Banksia, at 
> least 3 more species of Eucalypt/Corymbia and a very interesting 
> understorey. At the same time, the soil changes from 7000 year old 
> wind-swept sand (the Quindalup dunes) to the rich yellow sand that the 
> early farming families of the colonial times sought out.
> At this point, we are standing on the 100 000 year old shoreline of 
> the Indian (literally not far away at that time) Ocean. 40 000 years 
> ago, and you would have to walk out to the other side of Rottnest to 
> wet your feet in the ocean.
>
> The climate is always changing, has changed and will continue to do 
> so. The rate of change is what is significant. 10 meters of sea level 
> rise will wipe out most of Perth residential suburbs. After only a 
> couple, my house will be lost. If that happens over 10000 years, the 
> loss can be amortized, and is not an issue for society. As old houses 
> decay, they can be rebuilt further from the shore - every house gets 
> its 100 years of use and "pays for itself".
>
> People think that when a number, such as 1cm every year, is quoted to 
> them that this is like watching your child grow - get out the ruler, 
> and yep, another cm - where did 2020 go?
>
> Indigenous oral traditions, which are accurate for verifiable events 
> such as inundations and volcanoes, suggest the contrary, that there is 
> a dramatic change of state. The legends describing the inundation of 
> the plain out to Rottnest, or Hindmarsh Island in SA, suggest rapid 
> events. You can easily imagine this; a big chunk of West Antarctica 
> falls into the sea and then the waters quickly rise, over a period of 
> weeks. We would do well to try to limit our effect on this, such a 
> rapid rise in sea levels would be devastating to much of the world.
>
> HRH Charles sentiment, if not his terminology is correct in this - 
> slow the rate, try to mitigate both the increase of carbon dioxide in 
> the air (in the hope that it will delay warming which is expected to 
> release the arctic methane deposits which are really scary) and 
> re-vegetate terrestrial systems to give some buffer capacity.
>
> Mike it is good to see you back on Catalist, I've certainly missed you.
>
> Cheers,
> Leon
>
> On 12/01/2021 10:03 am, Mike McGarry wrote:
>> Sky News has reported that Prince Charles has urged that business 
>> leaders should fight Global Climate Change.
>> Perhaps you should ask your students what is the error in Earth 
>> science evident  within the comment from Prince Charles?
>> Your students should know that Prince Charles is actually referring 
>> to anthropogenic Global Warming.
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>> Mike McGarry
>>
>> PS: I typed this email lying on my back in bed as I will never walk 
>> again owing to Diabetes Type 2.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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