拯救地球不能以破坏的文明的方式来实现
在伦敦中国兵马俑展览上，一个环保抗议者将反污染口罩戴到至少两个兵马俑武士的头上，以此强调中国的污染记录。
自上月起英国博物馆展出了约二十具来自中国的兵马俑。这些兵马俑是具有两千多年历史的珍贵文物。抗议者是马丁·维尼斯在英国 博物馆跨越栏杆将标有“二氧化碳排放污染”字样的口罩戴到兵马俑头上。马丁·维尼斯说，他这么做是为了他的两个孩子，他十分担心全球对气候变化无动于衷， 特别是中国的所作所为。
49岁的马丁在同他两个女儿去英国博物馆参观时进行上述抗议，之后他被保安拖走。目击者阿米莉亚说，她看到一名男子爬过栏杆，这名男子十分冷静，没有闹什么动静。在场的保安根本不知道发生了什么。
她说，保安在得到公众提醒后才发现兵马俑被戴上了口罩。两名保安冲过来将抗议者马丁·维尼斯架走。马丁·维尼斯能够对兵马俑造成损害，但是他只是给兵马俑戴了口罩。
兵马俑在伦敦展览的随行中国官员正在检查兵马俑的状况。抗议者马丁·维尼斯被终身禁止进入英国博物馆。
I'm sure Martin Wyness is as much of a
contributor than most of us. Climate change is just another tax,
any changes have been happening naturally for many years, and will
continue after we have gone.
- Warren
Michael, Luton, UK
Well...I had no idea he was doing
that. Martin is my brother and always surprises me with what he has
to do to get the message across. I am seriously proud of his
tongue-in-cheek protest and can assure you his actions can only
come from the best possible place.
- Grant Wyness, Exmouth Devon
Albert, for someone who lives in a
low-lying coastal city like Aberdeen, your dismissive optimism will
prove your undoing. Climate change can and is being changed and
measured in timescales much less than millenia - it's happening
right now. You're right about one thing, though - CO2 is not the
sole cause of climate change - methane is much
worse.
- Austen, London
China emits around 3 tonnes of CO2 per
person, per year. This is nothing compared to Qatar, who emit over
60 tonnes per person, per year.
China's biggest problem
is their vast population aspiring to a Western lifestyle. The
developed world have created and inspired that.
The
world's greatest problem is out of control population growth
meeting ever increasing consumption. Too many people consuming too
much stuff. More for more.
The economic system is a
subset of the eco system. We must always remember that and wake up
to the fact that we can't afford to take more than is
available.
Right now, as a global species, we are
completely unsustainable, akin to cancer cells multiplying and
destroying, at an ever increasing rate.
- Pete, Reigate, Surrey
Well done to Martin for making this
very visible protest. Governments around the world are notoriously
complacent about enacting measures to combat climate change. Soon
we will all face the 'terror' of resource down-turn due to rapid
climate change, and we will all be quite literally fighting over
food. It will make fighting present day 'terrorism' seem a very
hollow cause indeed. Governments are pledged (more-or-less) to
total inaction, despite the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al
Gore recently. It is up to us all, as individuals, to elect
politicians who don't just speak a load of meaningless rhetoric
about climate change and then do nothing (e.g. Blair's -now under
Brown- is widening the M6 leading to further more rapid CO2
emissions). In conclusion, this was a very worthy protest, and
badly needed.
- Gerald Dawe, Hereford,
England
I totally agree with Albert, and at
the same time acknowledge China is a problem. This thing I wonder
is whether Mr Wyness is doing anything about his own CO2 emissions
or trying to get his own country to do something about it? The
Chinese believe it or not actually have very sound and good
environmental policies, their problems are with implementation. And
who can blame them, if you were offered a better life than you or
your parents have had for the past 50 years I think you'd be trying
to make your buck. You see the Chinese are also concerned about
creating a better future for their children and families. Yes they
need to raise awareness but it is hard when even the US won't do
anything.
I
suggest anyone else who wants to get on the blame China bandwagon
things about what's going on in their own backyard
first.
- Anon, UK
More Facts:
Climate change can only reliably be measured in millennia, take
the last ice age as an example.
Throughout earth history
there have been many "hot" periods. Some at least due to CO2 from
volcanic eruptions. When dinosaurs roamed the planet the average
temperature was much higher then it is today with no polar ice caps
and yet life flourished.
Climate change is not
due soley to CO2.
So it's all right for the developed
nations to pollute the planet so long as we acknowledge it. Enough
of the doom and gloom.
- Albert Swift,
Aberdeen, Scotland
FACTS:
1.The amount of greenhouse gases in
our atmosphere are one of the factors that make our planet
habitable or inhabitable.
2.The warming effect of these gases
is huge - 280parts per million results in the average temperature
of the planet being about 14C (30C warmer than it would be if it
was 0ppm.)
3.In
the last 150 years we have added another 100parts per million to
the atmosphere.
4.Every year we add another 2-3ppm.
5.The average temperature has risen
(0.8C) and will continue to rise.
6.the effects of this could be very
harmful- we are gambling with whether our planet will be habitable
or not.
7.Wake up
to this truth. Is it fair on your children to gamble with their
future in this way?
- Nick,
London
Well done to Mr. Wyness for carrying
out a peaceful non-destructive protest action to draw people's
attention to a serious issue. This is almost art, not protest!
True, the USA is a far greater polluter, but China's pollution
emissions are increasing rapidly are almost unregulated in many
areas.
- Karlos, London,
UK
What a twat! Serves him right to be
banned for life. Silly man.
- Katrina,
Berlin, Germany
That only goes to show how ignorant Mr
Wyness is as the USA is by far the biggest polluter on the planet,
especially when measured per capita. They are also the ones with
the greatest infulence so may Mr Wyness would be better off putting
a mask over Ronald McDonald.
- Albert Swift,
Aberdeen, Scotland
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