There’s always an extension, because they’ve learned that the previous ones fail
1989: "A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000" https://t.co/rxc35BR7VD https://t.co/VlH9YEYvyT
— Tom Nelson (@TomANelson) April 8, 2019
And now, after the 12 years to save the world scaremongering, we get this from one of the best natural world documentarians (his stuff is great) who’s used vast amounts of fossil fuels to travel the world to make his shows
We’ve got just 20 years to save the Earth, warns Sir David Attenborough
The veteran BBC wildlife presenter, whose stunning programmes have influenced millions of people for decades, said it was vital we work to “solve the major problems” of the oceans. If we don’t, “the world is going to starve”, he said. Launching his new Netflix series, Our Planet, a passionate Sir David, 92, again highlighted the issue of plastic waste and also raised the problem of “acidification”. This is where the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, killing plankton, one of the first building blocks of the food chain. This might eventually see the “oceans die”, according to the show’s co-producer, Kevin Scholey. Our Planet, an eight-part series, is an ambitious four-year project that has been filmed across 50 countries. More than 600 crew were involved, training cameras on a diverse range of habitats, from the remote Arctic wilderness and mysterious deep oceans to the vast landscapes of Africa and diverse jungles of South America.
It is the fragile interconnections between habitats, and the possible resulting extinction of species, which most worries Sir David.
In the first episode, Our Planet travels from the Brazilian rainforest to Norway’s dramatic Svalbard archipelago to discover how each habitat is connected. Sir David said: “This is probably the most important series I’ve done.
“The challenge and the dangers are more important and more powerful than they’ve ever been. It’s critical. We are facing major problems in the oceans. Unless we solve them, the world is going to starve.
“There are three times as many people on this planet than when I started making TV programmes.And it doesn’t seem so long ago to me. They all need feeding so where are you going to get the food from? It’s terrifying. The answer is from the sea and what are we doing to the seas? More should be done on plastics, just more.
What’s the carbon footprint of traveling to 50 countries with a crew of 600? How many planes, boats, and vehicles were involved? How many batteries mined using fossil fuels were needed? How much electricity? How many plastic bottles of water and other drinks? How much plastic for the phones and cameras and other needed materials?
Plankton actually needs carbon dioxide, as it is what’s called “food”, which is then turned into oxygen.
He is correct on plastic pollution, though. While, yes, China and India need to do their part, as they are the current main polluters, we can all do our own part to recycle, reuse, and to make sure we aren’t littering with straws, cups, etc. Do your part for the environment.
Sir David revealed he is making his own sacrifice to help save the environment.
He said: “I’m not so profligate with power for example, or heating the house, or turning on lights and leaving them. I’ve done what I can.”
Except for the massive amounts of fossil fuels as he travels the world. But, hey, we now have 20 years to Do Something.
