[pp.int.general] Don't roast our planet

[Justus Römeth]

For those that doubt climate change, just talk to wincers. They will tell
you all about it (of course this says nothing about it being man-made or
not, but it seems likely due to its intensity...)

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:31 AM, Daniel Riaño <danielrr2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2012/5/16 Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>
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>> Our planet is heading towards a global heating disaster
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> This is most likely true. Problem is, in order to address the issue, we
> must be ready to examine and eventually adopt the scientifically and
> economically viable possibilities for developing sources of energy that
> don't promote the global heating disaster (i.e. mostly CO2 emissions). Or
> rather, the problem is that the most viable, tested, already working source
> of energy that don't promote CO2 emissions is anathema, specially in
> N-unplugging, Pirate-leading Germany.
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> Sure we have a problem, but to my mind it is more than anything else a
> problem of prejudices and fear.
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> Sooner or later we should be able to come to grips with this issue. But
> amidst the hellish time we are going through in Europe and elsewhere, I'd
> rather wait some months to move this issue right frontmost in public pirate
> discourse.
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> In the case we don't want to wait to make this PR move, I think I made my
> mind clear on this issue, and I'll stand to it, until an alternative as
> well as viable source is tested to work.
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> Daniel
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>> that will make
>> World War II look small.  (Recently I read that 70 million people in
>> Bangladesh face losing their land to the sea.)  If we are to avoid
>> this, we need strong efforts right away.  Meanwhile, greedy bastards
>> are funding activities such as the Heatland Institute [spelling
>> intentional] to pretend there is no problem.
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>> A party that doesn't give high priority to this is not addressing
>> humanity's needs.
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>> The German Pirate Party program takes a reasonable position on the
>> environment in general, but it's section number 13 (not near the
>> start), and it doesn't mention global heating.  ("Global warming"
>> doesn't express the seriousness of the issue so I recommend "global
>> heating" instead.)
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>> I propose that the Pirate Movement take a strong and clear stand:
>> We must save our planet from being roasted!
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>> --
>> Dr Richard Stallman
>> President, Free Software Foundation
>> 51 Franklin St
>> Boston MA 02110
>> USA
>> www.fsf.org  www.gnu.org
>> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
>>  Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call
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