A blast from the past - Tokyo and the Olympics
From this September 30th, 2009
Reuters news post:
Olympics-2016 Games could be the last, says Tokyo governor
Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara warned on Wednesday the 2016 Olympics could be the last Games, with global warming an immediate threat to mankind.
Tokyo is bidding to host the 2016 summer Olympics with Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid also in the running. The International Olympic Committee will elect the winning candidate during its session on Oct. 2 in the Danish capital.
"It could be that the 2016 Games are the last Olympics in the history of mankind," Ishihara told reporters at a Tokyo 2016 press event ahead of the vote.
"Global warming is getting worse. We have to come up with measures without which Olympic Games could not last long.
"Scientists have said we have passed the point of no return," said Ishihara.
So in four years, we go from "
passed the point of no return" to the no perceptible warming in 17 years and potential of a solar minimum. Mr. Ishihara must have a really bad case of whiplash. He
lost the 2012 election -- the current governor is
Naoki Inose
Posted by DaveH at September 9, 2013 7:03 PM