Clearly the level of understanding of
glacial retreat is varied but I was impressed with the majority of responses.
One thing that really stood out for me was the gentleman who was of the view
that anthropogenic global warming was a load of rubbish. I guess it may well be
my sheltered lifestyle but to hear someone say this was a surprise, he was
clearly reasonably informed on the subject citing sunspots as the reason for
the current warming trend we are experiencing. Clearly there are still skeptics
out there and it is these people that must be persuaded of the problems that we
are likely to encounter because of anthropogenic global warming.
As I said, all of the responses impressed
me, I felt that the majority of people were well informed on the subject and
had knowledge of global warming, the implications of it and possible combative
techniques that could be implemented. One of the implications mentioned was
quite extreme ‘civil war’, whilst it may sound ridiculous to the uninformed
mind perhaps it is not as far fetched as it initially sounds. Take a country
that relies heavily on glacial melt water to keep it well supplied with water
throughout the year, not just supply it with water but also supply it with
electricity through hydropower. If someone were to simply press the off switch
I can imagine a lot of people would have a lot of comments to make. Could this
turn in to a war of some kind, quite possibly if one country uses all of the
water resources upstream of another country then I would certainly imagine
arguments taking place. Whether war will break out; we will have to wait and
see.
I hope that the video gives people a useful
insight in to what members of the public think of the subject.
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