We've had the warmest January ever apparently, despite the persistent siberian snow falls. Is it just me me, or is this global warming thing a complete fabrication?

The religious mania surrounding ecological issues these days is getting a bit tiresome. Do people actually believe they can 'save the planet' by obeying the worlds governments and not doing anything? 'Save the Government finances' more like. The increasing number of citizens and their use of energy is forcing countries to build expensive power generating stations. I can see a coincidence here, as Britain, one of the keen members of the eco-lobby, is trying to avoid paying billions to replace old power stations by telling us not to use them. We can't really afford them after paying for all our politicians to spout hot air.

But surely CO2 is a greenhouse gas? Yes. It is. A minor one compared to some others and a gas that has formed part of the natural cycle of this planet since... Well... Ages ago. And I notice that the amount of CO2 in previous ages was way way way higher than anything we've produced.

Surely all that CO2 pumped into the atmosphere is causing all manner of woes? Like what? It's still snowing in Britain, people! That terrible earthquake in Chile a day or two ago probably released more CO2 than the worlds supply of Dodge Vipers combined.

Surely we're to blame? No, not entirely. Any species damages its enviroment to some degree. Remember the 'Rabbit and Fox' graphs you used to study at school? Take for instance the starving populations of northeast Africa. The humane thing is to feed them, to save them from all that suffering, and to some extent I cannot deny them that assistance. The reality is of course that if they're fed, they have sex and produce more mouths to feed. So all you've done is create a bigger problem for the next generation by being kind.

I've said this many times before, but the worlds climate changes all the time, usually in small increments but as we see from the geological history of our planet, it does get a bit extreme sometimes. Evidence suggests that twice our planet virtually froze over. Not a few paltry ice ages like the ones we've had over the past million years, but full on global freeze overs,

The resulting thaw from these two 'Snowball Earths' produced the perfect enviroment for life to emerge - Warm, shallow seas - and it did, twice, something I note the bible doesn't mention - I guess God didn't put everything in that Tree of Knowledge of his, or was Adam supposed to eat the lot? Hang on... What's the point of forbidding people to eat a knowledge enhancing apple if you plant an orchard of the blessed things in your garden? And God got upset? No good blaming us, mate, you made us what we are.

The whole point is that we forget that we're just another species on this planet. We use what we find and when things are bountiful, create more of us to enjoy it. The problem with modern society isn't gas guzzling V8's, endless cups of tea, or turning up the central heating in winter, it's how many of us there are. Because all of us want to use resources like foxes chomping through rabbits. So the rabbits are running out? Oh dear... Have we eaten too many? Quick... Blame knives and forks and tell people to use them less...

Debating Government Change

With a possible (and indeed, constitutionally required) election looming in Britain, the Conservative Party are using a slogan that it's time for change. Gordon Brown has issued a rebuttal, saying it's more important to focus on 'what matters' and that the Tories would short-change families. What? And he hasn't? What matters to Gordon Brown is staying in power and avoiding an election. What matters to me is how much tax I have to pay to keep him there.

Conspiracy of the Week

I've just learned that the Ministry of Defence is destroying all new reports of UFO's. Their stated reason is to avoid releasing such data via the Freedom of Information Act. Wow! What a conspiracy! Britains defenses are run by the Men In Black!

Hey - I saw the movie, okay?