To the editor;
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ has been moved forward 30 seconds as a result of world tensions and
the Trump government’s responses to these issues. 30 out of 86,400 seconds (one whole day)
doesn’t seem too alarming but when you consider it as 30 out of the remaining 120 seconds a
different picture is painted.
The two main contributing factors mentioned are nuclear weapons, enthusiastically supported
by a number of the world’s leaders and climate change, enthusiastically denied by a number of
the world’s leaders.
Scientists have a reputation for being cautious, double checking their facts and processes and
only publishing results that they can stand behind so perhaps we should listen to them. The same
characteristics cannot always be seen in a number of the world’s leaders.
The clock is only symbolic, but the problems are real.
Let’s listen to the scientists as I like this world and want to do a few things in the next few years
including watching the remaining Game of Thrones episodes.
Beware - our nuclear ‘Winter is coming’.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia