Saturday 3 November 2012

Survey on Antarctic

parliamentary information office: We're doomed.  We're on the verge of bunkruptcy, heading for £1.4 trillion in debt.  Someone comes along with a sensible idea for saving money.  Vested interests appear, saying how terrible it will be if this "cut" is made.  Government forced into U turn.



parliamentary information office: When, not if, when the scramble for Antarctica starts in earnest Britain will be glad of the Survey. And the Falklands. Perhaps the idiots in Westminster best start thinking about the Fleet again too....


parliamentary information office: "The Survey’s scientific research is vitally important in finding out how
climate change is affecting the huge Antarctic ice sheets which could raise
global sea levels by several 'metres' if they melt and become destabilised."  I thought the ice sheet in the Antarctic was getting thicker.


parliamentary information office: Cuts in funding for scientific research are almost always the result of a short-term outlook.



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