The Prophet of Climate Change: James Lovelock (we're doomed)

Rolling Stone ^ | Oct 17, 2007 | Jeff Goodell

[Lorianne]

One of the most eminent scientists of our time says that global warming is irreversible — and that more than 6 billion people will perish by the end of the century ___ At the age of eighty-eight, after four children and a long and respected career as one of the twentieth century's most influential scientists, James Lovelock has come to an unsettling conclusion: The human race is doomed. "I wish I could be more hopeful," he tells me one sunny morning as we walk through a park in Oslo, where he is giving a talk at a university. Lovelock is a small man, unfailingly polite, with white hair and round, owlish glasses. His step is jaunty, his mind lively, his manner anything but gloomy. In fact, the coming of the Four Horsemen -- war, famine, pestilence and death -- seems to perk him up. "It will be a dark time," Lovelock admits. "But for those who survive, I suspect it will be rather exciting."

In Lovelock's view, the scale of the catastrophe that awaits us will soon become obvious. By 2020, droughts and other extreme weather will be commonplace. By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe, and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle. Phoenix will become uninhabitable, as will parts of Beijing (desert), Miami (rising seas) and London (floods). Food shortages will drive millions of people north, raising political tensions. "The Chinese have nowhere to go but up into Siberia," Lovelock says. "How will the Russians feel about that? I fear that war between Russia and China is probably inevitable." With hardship and mass migrations will come epidemics, which are likely to kill millions. By 2100, Lovelock believes, the Earth's population will be culled from today's 6.6 billion to as few as 500 million, with most of the survivors living in the far latitudes -- Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Arctic Basin.

[poobear]

“I fear he’s overdrawing our despair budget,”

Brilliant!

[x_plus_one]

THe climate change nazis would have us all live like 8th century nomadic Arabs inorder to save the planet from destruction by modern western, christian humanity.

[samtheman]

and that more than 6 billion people will perish by the end of the century ___ At the age of eighty-eight

That's a lot of perishing 88-year-olds. Is he predicting an end-century prescription drug crises?

[Hardastarboard]

At age 88

This old b@$t@rd is senile.

Prize-winner "Jimma" Carter's brain obviously receives inadequate blood-flow in his later years.

You mean from about the time he was forty, right?

[saganite]

and that more than 6 billion people will perish by the end of the century

A true statement unless they discover a cure for old age. Talk about stating the obvious.

[catman67]

The microwave oven was invented by Dr. Percy Spencer at Raytheon in 1946.

[USS Alaska]

(Would you) Like a little music with your meal Tuco? :-) /s.

From the Bad to the Ugly {or was it the Ugly to the Bad}.

[sergeantdave]

This guy has been a crank for half his life. He should get together with Ehrlich and Gore and play Russian roulette with a hand grenade.

[HereInTheHeartland]

I was just wondering this morning, where did all the 2007 hurricanes go?
It was doing to be Armageddon again this year due to warm oceans caused by global warming.

And also, in news this week, the ozone hole is GONE...
No mention of this in the media AT ALL...

A handful of years ago, the ozone hole was a daily news topic of great importance.
Everyone on the planet would die from skin cancer cuased by the lack of atmospheric ozone.
And again the ozone hole was the fault of the West

[saganite]

The airplane was invented by the Wright brothers.

[HenpeckedCon]

You beat me to it.

[bpjam]

Exactly. I can prove with a list of names that the holocaust existed. But after 100 years of ‘global warming’ they can’t prove a single detrimental thing which has occurrred because of their ‘holocaust’. And another one degree F isn’t going to do squat to change the world since it varies far more than that each 3 months anyways.

[spunkets]

"one of the twentieth century's most influential scientists, James Lovelock"

Never heard of him. Looks like he's famous amongst dirt worshipers for the Ghia hypothesis, a fictionary construction which claims the Earth and all it's organisms are one organism.