Nasa scientist: climate change is a moral issue on a par with slavery
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/06/nasa-scientist-climate-change<snip>
Averting the worst consequences of human-induced climate change is a "great moral issue" on a par with slavery, according to the leading Nasa climate scientist Prof Jim Hansen.
He argues that storing up expensive and destructive consequences for society in future is an "injustice of one generation to others".
"The situation we're creating for young people and future generations is that we're handing them a climate system which is potentially out of their control," he said. "We're in an emergency: you can see what's on the horizon over the next few decades with the effects it will have on ecosystems, sea level and species extinction."
Now 70, Hansen is regarded as one of the most influential figures in climate science; the creator of one of the first global climate models, his pioneering role in warning about global warming is frequently cited by climate campaigners such as former US vice president Al Gore and in earlier science prizes, including the $1m Dan David prize. He has been arrested more than once for his role in protests against coal energy.
Hansen will argue in his lecture that current generations have an over-riding moral duty to their children and grandchildren to take immediate action. Describing this as an issue of inter-generational justice on a par with ending slavery, Hansen said: "Our parents didn't know that they were causing a problem for future generations but we can only pretend we don't know because the science is now crystal clear.
= new reply since forum marked as read
The right-wing luvs them their own corporately funded FAIL fantasy of climate change denial, and their own foul psychic squirrel-hole of hate, fear, and racism (key elements of the slavery mentality).
Never mind the Uber Evil right-wing Republican love and embrace of Torture -- a human perversion so evil and foul it is remembered in deep sorrow this very day every year: the Dark Day of the Torture of The Christ with Scourging and Crucifixion.
Republicans really need to look themselves in the mirror.
If you can't face the truth of your own darkness, then you never conquer. Instead it rules you in ways both subtle and gross. This is what we see with so many Republicans.
destruction of the earth's ability to sustain life for billions of people a few years or decades down the road. The Congress must make sure the bidness of America is bidness with everything else just having to take care of itself. 
