I saw an interesting programme on BBC1 last night. They had Bill Oddie (occupation, wild life presenter and Goody) telling us all about the dangers of climate change. They also had Michael Portillo (I think it was him) and he came up with an alternative viewpoint. Instead of spending a trillion (a British billion) dollars delaying the inevitable why not use the money to adapt to the changes. He suggested that we could move whole cities if need be.
He had a point. East Anglia might disappear but the Scottish Highlands will be much nicer. If you look over a longer timescale you soon discover that there's nothing new here. South East England has been on the sea bed before. This planet is about 4,500 million years old. If I was a very long-lived alien who hadn't been here since the dinosaurs disappeared would I say "Oh dear, it's going to be a bit warmer quite soon." or would I look at Antarctica and say "B****y hell! What happened to the forest?"
He had a point. East Anglia might disappear but the Scottish Highlands will be much nicer. If you look over a longer timescale you soon discover that there's nothing new here. South East England has been on the sea bed before. This planet is about 4,500 million years old. If I was a very long-lived alien who hadn't been here since the dinosaurs disappeared would I say "Oh dear, it's going to be a bit warmer quite soon." or would I look at Antarctica and say "B****y hell! What happened to the forest?"
