manda wrote:I think it would be hard to argue that the population having risen from 2.55 billion in 1950 to 6.8 billion in 2009 hasn't had an effect on the planet and the resources required to maintain that population are not all sustainable. I think the issue here is not who is responsible for the changes to date but who has to be responsible for making the changes for the future.
What does not surprise me is that perhaps the public are starting to question the validity of concern regarding global warming when the powers that be can't get their act together and sort something out for the benefit of the planet we live on.
There are many issues that are obvious threats to our world such as chopping down the rain forests, these issues should be dealt with now as there are no grey areas, it is clearly bad for our planet.
Politicians have there own agenda when it comes to climate change.

