Science Always Uses Metaphor.

You Never Know With Politicians What They Are Really Saying. And I Don't Say That In A Negative Way-they Have An Appalling Job.

Climate Change Now Represents So Urgent A Threat To Mankind That The Only Way To Deal With It Is By Suspending Democracy.

The Entire Range Of Living Matter On Earth From Whales To Viruses And From Oaks To Algae Could Be Regarded As Constituting A Single Living Entity Capable Of Maintaining The Earth's Atmosphere To Suit Its Overall Needs And Endowed With Faculties And Powers Far Beyond Those Of Its Constituent Parts.

The Problem Is We Don't Know What The Climate Is Doing. We Thought We Knew 20 Years Ago. That Led To Some Alarmist Books - Mine Included - Because It Looked Clear-cut, But It Hasn't Happened.

Our Planet Consists Largely Of Lumps Of Fall-out From A Star-sized Hydrogen Bomb. Within Our Bodies, No Less Than Three Million Atoms Rendered Unstable In That Event Still Erupt Every Minute, Releasing A Tiny Fraction Of The Energy Stored From That Fierce Fire Of Long Ago.