The Times carries an article about some 'secret plans' to flood the Norfolk Broads hatched out by a totally evil super-quango*.
The highlight is this quote from the quangista ...
“The increasingly unsustainable** nature of the Horsey to Winterton frontage beyond the next 20 to 50 years opens up the possibility of realigning the coast as described within this time frame. It can also be argued that by selecting a radical option now, the right message about the scale and severity of the impacts of climate change is delivered to the public.”
Wot? They are threatening to flood this in order to "deliver a message" about a non-existent threat? Why not go the whole hog and demolish the Thames Barrier while you're at it?
* From the article ..."Natural England, the body born out of the Countryside Agency and English Nature...". That's equivalent to saying 'the bastard offspring of Rose West and Harold Shipman' as far as a quangophobe is concerned.
** I hate that word. AFAIAC, if local landowners club together to fund better sea defences to protect their property and livelihoods, then good luck to them.
Meh
3 hours ago
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"Unsustainable" is a particularly silly word to use if you are affecting scientific expertise. The Second Law of Thermodynamics effectively says that nothing is sustainable.
That's one of the reasons.
That coastline has been eroding for centurie and its nothing to do with GW, man made or not.
To protect it is costly and those who believe it can be stopped indefinately fall in to the category of King Canute acolytes.
So what we realy need is a debate on how much delaying it is going to cost.
That's the whole point. I couldn't care less what it costs as long as I'm not paying for it. Let the people who will benefit from it pay for it, if they think it's worth it.
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