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Je demande la permíssíon, à M. le présídent,
de donner la parole à l'amíral Nelson.
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We thank the French delegate for his remarks,
and we will take them under advisement.
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We acknowledge the arrival of two of the
world's most distinguished scientists,
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Admiral Nelson and Commodore Emery.
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And now, the chair
will listen to Admiral Nelson.
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Mr Chairman, distinguished scientists,
ladies and gentlemen.
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This planet is impaled on a roasting spit,
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slowly but inexorably being seared
and blistered by the fire in the sky.
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lf the Van Allen belt continues to burn,
the world will burn with it.
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And no one can doubt that civilization
as we know it will disintegrate
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if the temperature should rise to 175 degrees.
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Now, in the last five days
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the recorded temperature rise
has been two degrees every 24 hours.
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lf that rate is maintained,
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our planet has a life expectancy
of about three weeks.
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Therefore... therefore, if we are to avoid
cremation, we must act at once.
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Lucius, let me have those charts of ours
and the maps, please. Thank you.
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Now, if l may make a comparison,
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when a diseased appendage
threatens the life of a human body,
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a doctor has no choice but to amputate.
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We have no choice either.
We must amputate the belt, or die.
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Amputate? How?
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Not with a knife, Doctor,
but with a shot in the heart.
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The burning belt must be exploded
clear of the Earth's magnetic field,
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and we have exactly 16 days
and three hours in which to do it.
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- How do you arrive at that particular timing?
- How?
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We have worked out the mathematical
formula, and our figures are correct.