To a certain extent I agree with the Yorkshire Tyke. I'm not a tree hugger, the derogatory term used to belittle anyone who believes that something is happening to the planet, but I do recycle so that makes me one I suppose. I also know that the winters in the last 25 years have grown noticeably milder. Only last week I was outside gardening in the sun and could actually feel it's warmth, something I've never been able to do in February before. Botanists only this week throughout the country have recorded over 26000 species in bloom breaking all records.
People, for whatever reasons only beknown to them, who say theres nothing wrong and this is a normal, natural happening thats gone on throughout time ignore the scientists at their peril. Nobody is denying the fact that the earths cycles do happen but the changes from one extreme to the other takes place over millions of years, not 25 years.
Ray (C) says it can't all be bad and again I agree, I hate the cold weather but long term we are going to pay for it and have already started to do so. Not by plagues of rats, that continue to breed through the winters and have a readyful supply of food now bins aren't collected as regularly as they once were, but by plagues of African immigrants.
Quite simply Africa is starving and it's getting worse. Do they stay and starve or do they act like their nomadic ancestors and go where they can find food? Yes, the latter and they are coming in armada's of boats. These aren't asylum seekers, they are economic migrants and our government love them. Train them up to do your jobs for half the cost. Keeps inflation down and the indigenous population in check regarding salaries.
If they were asylum seekers they should seek asylum in the country they land in which is France, Spain or Italy but those countries don't want them so don't give them a cent in handouts. I don't need to ramble on here about what this corrupt government doles out to them, that's why we are their country of choice.
We have been taking in Bangladeshi's for years because of their problems with flooding, the reverse of whats happening in Africa. Trees, yes trees, the lungs of the earth have been felled remorsely in the foothills of the Himalayas until theres none left. The trees also acted as giant sponges by soaking up the monsoon rains and binding the delicate soil together. Now theres nothing to stop that and the monsoons just wash the soil into the rivers until they reach the deltas and block them up. Nowhere for the rains to go now except to flood the land causing untold damage and deaths. It's not much different to having furred up arteries in your heart and suffering Angina, eventually you will have that fatal M.I. without your GTN but we don't have any medication like GTN for the river systems to dilate their arteries.
One would think the world would learn from it's mistakes but the same thing is happening in the East Indies and the Amazon from logging. They will be the next Bangladesh. After they have felled the trees they try to grow crops but the topsoil is so thin it will grow nothing after the first year. Eventually the soil will wash away into the Amazon basin and clog up the whole region destoying the eco system and many animals and plants, some still unknown, will be lost forever, extinct.
Another point on reflection, I don't wish to cover these small islands in concrete and bricks to house people who have no right to be here, I love the trees and open spaces and our varied landscape so yes, I suppose I am a tree hugger and so are all of those who decry those who say theres something going wrong to justify their lifestyles because without these trees, open spaces and our varied landscape you can stick your caravans right up your asses for what use they would be :O) I suppose if they become of no use because theres nowhere to caravan the government of the time can always commandeer them to house even more immigrants.
O.K. I've rambled on long enough but believe me, theres much more I can say but please, those who say nothings happening just to justify the way you live get your heads from out of your ass and take a good hard look at whats happening and come from out of denial.
I've used all my monitor ink up on that rant :O)