For Each Of Our Actions There Are

We Thought We Knew 20 Years Ago. That Led To Some Alarmist Books – Mine Included – Because It Looked Clear-cut, But It Hasn’t Happened. The Climate Is Doing Its Usual Tricks. There’s Nothing Much Really Happening Yet. We Were Supposed To Be Halfway Toward A Frying World Now. The World Has Not Warmed Up Very Much Since The Millennium. Twelve Years Is A Reasonable Time. The Temperature Has Stayed Almost Constant, Whereas It Should Have Been Rising - Carbon Dioxide Is Rising, No Question About That.

The Apologists For Space Science Always Seem Over-impressed By Engineering Trivia And Make Far Too Much Of Non-stick Frying Pans And Perfect Ball-bearings. To My Mind, The Outstanding Spin-off From Space Research Is Not New Technology. The Real Bonus Has Been That For The First Time In Human History We Have Had A Chance To Look At The Earth From Space, And The Information Gained From Seeing From The Outside Our Azure-green Planet In All Its Global Beauty Has Given Rise To A Whole New Set Of Questions And Answers.

There Is Little Evidence That Our Individual Intelligence Has Improved Through Recorded History.

I Would Only Have Been Too Pleased If Someone Had Asked Me For My Data. If You Really Believed In Your Data, You Wouldn't Mind Someone Looking At It. You Should Be Able To Respond That If You Don't Believe Me Go Out And Do The Measurements Yourself.

If We Gave Up Eating Beef We Would Have Roughly 20 To 30 Times More Land For Food Than We Have Now.