the verdict of history?

"Future historians, looking back from a much hotter and less hospitable world, are likely to play special attention to the first few weeks of 2005. As they puzzle over how a whole generation could have sleepwalked into disaster - destroying the climate that has allowed human civilisation to flourish over the past 11,000 years - they may well identify the past weeks as the time when the last alarms sounded."
Alarmist? I increasngly think not. This is a good article and should be read by anyone Christian or otherwise concerned with the welfare of future humanity.
Because it affects me and us directly I am particularly concerned about the gulf stream issue and so this is sobering.
"the shutdown of the Gulf Stream, once seen as a "low probability event", was now 45 per cent likely this century, and 70 per cent probable by 2200. If it comes sooner rather than later it will be catastrophic for Britain and northern Europe, giving us a climate like Labrador (which shares our latitude) even as the rest of the world heats up: if it comes later it could be beneficial, moderating the worst of the warming." -So starting to mug up on how to survice in conditions where snow is on the ground for about half the year may be useful to us -sell those shares in British vineyards.
GW deniers should note this: "in truth it is much easier to find sceptics among media pundits in London or neo-cons in Washington than among climate scientists. Even the few contrarian climatalogists publish little research to support their views, concentrating on questioning the work of others."
ANd given that, it seems to me, GW denial is driven by a morbid fear of wealth reduction perhaps a bit of perspective on that front too: " If action is put off for a decade, it will need to be twice as radical; if it has to wait 20 years, it will cost between three and seven times as much. The good news is that it can be done with existing technology, by cutting energy waste, expanding the use of renewable sources, growing trees and crops (which remove carbon dioxide from the air) to turn into fuel, capturing the gas before it is released from power stations, and - maybe - using more nuclear energy. The better news is that it would not cost much: one estimate suggested the cost would be about 1 per cent of Europe's GNP spread over 20 years; another suggested it meant postponing an expected fivefold increase in world wealth by just two years. Many experts believe combatting global warming would increase prosperity, by bringing in new technologies."
So my appeal is; in God's name use your powers to push for change. Vote according to it, speak up for it among friends and colleagues, make changes in lifestyle consistent with it. Maybe start with actions this Lent.
News: "Future historians, looking back from a much hotter and less hospitable world, are likely to play special attention to the first few weeks of 2005. As they puzzle over how a whole generation could have sleepwalked into disaster - destroying the climate that has allowed human civilisation to flourish over the past 11,000 years - they may well identify the past weeks as the time when the last alarms sounded."