I was reading this article tonight and there is a ton of debate around this article. The Author is claiming that global warming is a much bigger threat to the human race than Terrorism ever was or will be…Have a read and post your thoughts

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In a surprise foray into the politics of global warming, Australian Federal Police commissioner Mick Keelty described how climate refugees "in their millions" could create a national security emergency for Australia.

His provocative comments, made in a speech in Adelaide last night, are likely to be diplomatically sensitive after he described a scenario in which China was unable to feed its vast population.

Law enforcement agencies would struggle to cope with global warming's "potential to wreak havoc, cause more deaths and pose national security issues like we've never seen before", Mr Keelty said.

"It is anticipated the world will experience severe extremes in weather patterns, from rising global temperatures to rising sea levels," he warned.

"We could see a catastrophic decline in the availability of fresh water. Crops could fail, disease could be rampant and flooding might be so frequent that people, en masse, would be on the move.

"Even if only some and not all of this occurs, climate change is going to be the security issue of the 21st century."

Mr Keelty said the implications for China were especially alarming. By 2040, with global temperatures surging towards a predicted 3C rise, and sea levels up 50cm, the land available in China to grow grain and rice could be reduced by 30 per cent.

"The mass displacement of people, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, could create a great deal of social uncertainty and unrest in the region.

"In their millions, people will look for new land and they'll cross borders to do it."

While the security implications should not be underestimated, Mr Keelty said the science on global warming's effects was not settled.

John Howard's office refused to enter the debate last night.

A spokesman for Peter Garrett, the Opposition's climate change spokesman, said he wanted to read the text of Mr Keelty's speech before responding.

Delivering the inaugural Ray Whitrod address, posthumously honouring the former Queensland police commissioner who resigned in 1976 in protest at corruption in the state force, Mr Keelty said police would need to be involved in regulating moves to cut greenhouse emissions through carbon trading.

He equated the potential for corruption in carbon trading to the billion-dollar Barings Bank fraud, which brought down Britain's oldest merchant bank 12 years ago.

So whats your take? Will it be 2 scoops of Global Warming and Sunblock 100 or a group of Islamic Terrorist who will make you covert or cut your head off….Humm I think I will sleep on that one