tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post7499111982588027007..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Un-Natural EnglandJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12352268751667596682008-11-19T08:19:00.000+00:002008-11-19T08:19:00.000+00:00In fact, if scientific interest is really their ba...In fact, if scientific interest is really their bag, they'd do better to hire themselves <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7735544.stm" REL="nofollow">a trawler</A>...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-50805499264182023512008-11-18T22:07:00.000+00:002008-11-18T22:07:00.000+00:00"The rocks have been hidden for between 1-2m years...<I>"The rocks have been hidden for between 1-2m years according to the approximate timings given for the lower Pleistocene period. A few more years shouldn't make that much difference."</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed. Except to Mr Boggis, of course.<BR/><BR/>But I suspect this is more about the exercise of power than about scientific achievement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-49010484404161498932008-11-18T15:39:00.000+00:002008-11-18T15:39:00.000+00:00The rocks have been hidden for between 1-2m years ...The rocks have been hidden for between 1-2m years according to the approximate timings given for the lower Pleistocene period. A few more years shouldn't make that much difference. There are loads of them exposed on the south coast anyway.<BR/><BR/>The geological fact is that many of those houses are going in the drink and are worth very little now. They just are; the whole plate is tipping. Why people continue to build new properties so near the edge is a mystery to me. <BR/><BR/>There are enough years left to see Mr Boggis out - he's 77. If they allowed him to put in 30 years worth of erosion-delay (so long as he is not asking me to pay) and warned everyone else that this was going to be left to the tide at that point, it would not make a hoot of difference to the scientific research and would give people a chance to make other arrangements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-18285817333165413922008-11-18T14:52:00.000+00:002008-11-18T14:52:00.000+00:00I think a fair solution would be for this old gent...I think a fair solution would be for this old gentleman, when his house falls into the sea, to bulldoze the house of the head of "Natural England" in response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-10516887924645765532008-11-18T11:02:00.000+00:002008-11-18T11:02:00.000+00:00Natural England are complete and utter bastards. T...Natural England are complete and utter bastards. <BR/><BR/>They once threatened to allow the Norfolk Broads to flood with the reasoning that <I>... 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.</I><BR/><BR/>Article <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3642929.ece" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com