A 'mini ice age' cometh???

21 January 2013

Far from Mediterranean weather Boris Johnson has postulated that we are in for a mini ice age such as Britain suffered in the late 17th to early 18th centuries.

See his article here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/9814618/Its-snowing-and-it-really-feels-like-the-start-of-a-mini-ice-age.html

Some may dismiss the article out of hand, after all what does Boris know about the weather?

But it is not just Boris saying this there are serious scientists saying it.  These are people who watch the sun's activity and relate it to earth temperatures and climate.

Now I am not suggesting that we should drop all energy conservation and 'green' policies but perhaps we should apply a little more caution to them and just a little common sense.  Earth's resources are indeed finite and we do need to be careful about damaging the environment, but we should not go too far and load excessive energy costs on us just when the winters are getting colder.  It will also make us less economically competitive damaging our capacity to pay for these measures.  The government should not allow itself to be held to ransom by scientists keen to get research grants.

• Guest 710 wrote:
  Yes Barry & Boris. Let us spread ashes on the path and wrap out boots with sack-cloth. All joking aside, the least that we should do is insist upon design improvements to all new construction to conserve heat and lessen energy consumption. Only when such measures are in place can any Government pronouncement on the future and upon sustainability be thought worthy of consideration.
• Brian Dixon wrote:
  that reminds me my huskies need exersising.
• Guest 698 wrote:
  For me, the issue is that of finite resources on our planet. In a few generations we will run out of oil and gas, and places to put our garbage. That's what we should be concentrating on, not CO2 emissions.
• Guest 725 wrote:
  Unfortunately, Barry, you have allied yourself with a party who believes in the climate change scam hook, line and sinker.
  I wouldn't bother listening to Bojo on this or many other mattes.
  Somehow this berk manages to fake some skepticism and yet fall in line with all that goes with the renewable energy con and measures to reduce carbon emissions.
  An utter chump who should have stuck to writing pithy remarks in right of centre periodicals.
• howard mcsweeney1 wrote:
  it is fairly well documented about oil and gas eventually running out though new fields are being discovered all the time and it just a matter of finding which ones would be economical.
• Guest 696 wrote:
  I thought the summers were getting hotter, so they say.
  Aren't the excessive rainfalls caused by excessive heat?
• Guest 725 wrote:
  The amazing thing is that it's those silly tories again who brought in another pathetic measure which comes into force later this year, namely the carbon price floor just as this news rolls in today:
  
  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-21/eu-carbon-declines-to-record-before-sales-of-15-7-million-tons.html
  
  Remember boys and girls - vote tory and get a dyed in the wool bourgeoisie environmentalist. The party is infested with them and extreme animal rights campaigners to boot.
• howard mcsweeney1 wrote:
  who do you urge us to vote for next time philip?
• Guest 725 wrote:
  It's beyond my pay scale to give that sort of advice Howard.
• howard mcsweeney1 wrote:
  mr elphicke often says that when he can't/won't answer a question.
• Guest 725 wrote:
  True Howard but don't they all. Most go on a media training course which is why we feel so frustrated when they avoid questions put forward by interviewers.
  I couldn't possibly give anybody advice on who to vote for merely highlight the wide gulf that there is between what they say and what they do.
  Take the example I gave earlier regarding the carbon price floor. This measure and the climate change act are game changers. These two measures alone guarantee that our economy is utterly doomed.
  These measures and the climate change act in particular were supported by all three major parties.
  Therefore I would advise, when asked, not to vote for any one of the three mainstream parties.
  Why vote for a party intent on the destruction of the UK?
  As far as voting for any other party personally I'll choose any non extremist party be they left or right as a protest or not vote at all.
  Many others are thinking the same as me I suspect.
• Guest 725 wrote:
  With friends like this who needs enemas?
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9815862/Humans-are-plague-on-Earth-Attenborough.html