[lbo-talk] wacko weather

[Dwayne Monroe]

During the early 1980's, when the PBS show "Nova"
still focused on explaining science, instead of the
celebrations of night vision goggles, fighter jets and
drone aircraft it seems to do quite often these days,
I watched a show that introduced me to the topic of
global warming.

At the end of the program, as a sepia toned film of an
industrial facility filled the television screen - its
smokestacks pouring dark clouds into the hazy sky -
the narrarator, Barbara Feldman (famous for her
performance as Agent 99 in the 1960's espionage comedy
series, "Get Smart") said in a calm, professional
voice:

"...we do not know if these models for climate change
are accurate yet.  But if they turn out to be true,
within a generation, two at the most, we will begin to
see radical alterations as the aggregate energy of the
Earth's climate system increases.  Only time will tell
if humanity will respond intelligently."

A generation, more or less, has passed since that show
first aired. It appears the time is now.

DRM

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