Butterfly in December

By: Dave Leggett - 14 December 2006 14:17

Not much time for blogging this week, as I am head-down on the annual 'review of the year' management briefing. But I did go out for a walk at lunchtime to give myself and the old mince pies (eyes) a break from the screens. And I saw a butterfly. That's a bit unusual at this time of the year, I think, and some of the plants seem to be under the impression that it is Spring already - though I am no expert on flora and fauna, I hasten to add. It has been exceedingly mild here lately and 2006 has apparently been another year that has broken records for warm weather in the British Isles.

Is Man's interference with the planet's atmos staring us in the face? Most of the doomsayer projections talk about the world's climate being a bit screwed up at the end of this century or several decades away, at least. That's how I tend to think of it - in the distance. It's a problem perhaps (though a knotty one to quantify and come up with realistic prescriptions for), but it's not now (and I am not saying that is a justification for doing nothing, either). Would perhaps be nice to have some regular weather for a change. A good blast of Arctic air here and we can sleep a little more soundly in our beds. Can't we?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6177663.stm

Comments on this blog post

The gentle start to winter allowed me to top-up the ol' jalopy with anti-freeze. Usually an annual case of facing a possible frozen block and kicking myself for not having done it earlier! But on a serious note, the Parliamentary Motor Group has been discussing the industry reaction to The Stern Report, and whilst overtly doomsday like, it will act as the catalyst for a new wave of powertrain & body R&D for the UK's engineering sector.

Turan Ahmed, United Kingdom