Sea Levels
When Al Gore talked about melting ice caps overnight at least he didn’t break out yet more of those risible maps showing what’s going to happen to your neighbourhood once Greenland’s ice melts.
Those animations are like something out of a Jerry Bruckheimer film showing satellite images of icons like London’s Houses of Parliament, lower Manhattan and the Sydney Opera House disappearing slowly under water, as if we’ll all just stand around saying, “I say dear, the harbour is in the front lawn.”
What about dams, sea walls and rock revetments?
Beach house barbecues are risky business. Apparently, tucking into a bit of medium-rare Angus rump while watching the tide roll away could lead to your little coastal retreat collapsing into the sea in the not-too-distant future.
After a parliamentary report issued some depressing warnings about the effects of climate change-driven sea level rises on Australian coasts, one of the world’s leading environmental economists has now declared vegetarianism the way to go to save the planet.
It’s enough to make you cry into your T-bone.
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thatmosis says:
Cant eat more fish as we are being denied that priveldge by the Governments who are restricting the amount of fish we catch, where we catch them and what species we do catch. Its getting to the point that if I wanted to take my son fishing I would have… Read more »
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MarK says:
@C we are a lot closer to that than you think, we should definitely be eating less fish @ Alex: Dogs are better of course, They taste much better than cats, especially slow grilled over the BBQ Read more »
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