All this talk of reversing global warming reminds me of King Cnut. The modern interpretation of failing to hold back the tides is that he was powerless when it came to God's creation.

Now, however, we have a lobby which insists that global warming is man-made; and more importantly, that man can do something about it.

Far more important than global warming is the fact that fossil fuels will run out, not in my lifetime, but in my granddaughters'.

All this talk of reversing global warming reminds me of King Cnut. The modern interpretation of failing to hold back the tides is that he was powerless when it came to God's creation.

Now, however, we have a lobby which insists that global warming is man-made; and more importantly, that man can do something about it.

Far more important than global warming is the fact that fossil fuels will run out, not in my lifetime, but in my granddaughters'.