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Updated: November 04, 2009 10:37 AM
Five-metre point
I want to clarify the purpose of the article which you published two weeks ago regarding a five-metre rise in sea level. This note applies equally to the climate change walk-about which I am responsible for that was in Ganges from Oct. 21 to 25.
Yes, the emphasis was on a five-metre rise in sea level, but that was for discussion purposes and was not to be understood as a particular ultimate level. My purpose was always to point out that if we continue to live as we do and do not bring about a serious reduction in our use of hydrocarbons then we, as certainly as the people of Bangladesh and the Maldive Islands, will one day live with huge problems — a lack of most of what we consider civilized life, of our landscape and even of our survival. So, the point is — let’s get to it.
And yes, the library is probably safe for at least 100 years.
Irene Wright,
Mount Belcher
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