So what have they been hiding about global warming ?

 The honest answer is : quite a lot !

This is mainly becuase they dont know as its new territory. I have been trawling through literature and cant find anything quantifiable .

So whats in the media ? Primarily that weather will become more extreme , how much- they dont say .

The major thing they don't say [ that I have found, anyway] is that there is a time lag in temperature rise so even if we stop CO2 emissions now, it will keep worsening till it reaches equilibrium . 

How to interpret that time lag for the common person then , 'cos that's what we wanna know . I personally dont really want to know if polar bears become extinct........ if i have the choice of knowing if I myself, am going to be extinct/flooded/burnt out/famished/hydrothermed/whatever.

There are 2 things happening with global warming.

1. Ice coverings on earth are disappearing 

2. Weather is changing

The first should take decades or centuries to be complete. Once done, the sea level will have risen around 100m . Hope your great grandkids like water ! Anyhow, a bit far into the future and we will have sorted stuff by then hopefully as the more pressing aspect will affect this 

The second is to know what's happening in the nearer future. My feeling is because of this time lag, stuff is going to get worse, so I think it's fair to assume that what happens now as a freak, is to expect that annually . I realise this isn't scientific and very much a straw guess, but its something to work with 

In addition as it gross weather patterns become more frequent , areas of earth will become uninhabitable as people  realise what's happening. if you think thats far fetched then consider the fires in California and their frequency/ferocity as one example, there are many others.

So what can we do ?

Try to get politicians to take it more seriously than now . Unfortunately they all want whats best for their country... NOW and sod the 'then' part .

Dont we, as a species, need to grow up, and get countries to work to a common good? Yes,it would mean creating a world government, but is it possible.

I really hope it is, as I cant see any other solution ....

There are other ways of cutting government expenditures ?

 Well, For some reasons, time seems to go in one direction only .....

But this is frankly ridiculous . When you get to pensionable age, you need to opt IN to get your pension, or you don't get it [ the longer you leave it before starting, the more you can draw, but I guess HMG will gain financially ] .

Surely it should be automatic , with an option to leave it if you wanted ???? This one strikes me as sick 

BBC website slowly getting into trouble ?

 Well, not quite. Below is todays front page as an example, however. 

The top of the page [white banner] shows help in navigating the site [for those who dont use the site]. 

Underneath it are the main news subjects , with broad topics, like business, science etc. Plus important topical stuff that changes often to help you keep up to date. 

These usually have about 1 topical subject in total . I just happened to look today and they are building up!

Fully half of the groupings are of topical stuff . It's starting to look like my to-do list, its growing unwieldy . The BBC is a wonderful company , and doesn't need this. Calling all world leaders . Sort it PLEASE !!!1 

Nuclear Power . Russia knows best

 Well, One must believe Russia that Ukraine is shelling its own power plants. 

Advantage : any direct and destructive hit would kill more Russians eventually .

                  : if the wind is in the correct direction, radioactive fallout could end up in Russia [ bypassing the HIMAR US restrictions on hitting Russia directly. 

                   : Ukraine knows that Russia will keeps it liberated lands, so its best to make them uninhabitable for a few 1000 years. 

    You just have to have faith in the Russian news and a slight scepticism against other nations' media 

A question on retirement

 How much money is too much ?????

A simple question you might think, its more than you need ...... 

I used to live , basically as I think most people live their lives , you work and play, and generally try to save the readies to be sorted for your retirement, if  you can anyway .

I was surprised when my partner asked me , why do you need more , and got me thinking . At age 20, its to earn as much as possible to save for retirement. Later its to stash enough for retirement . Finally, its to splash out on the kids afterwards [ and whoever else you might want]  . Is that the full story ?

Simples, and hope most people agree. Before she said that though, I was in a mild continual panic as to what retirement was going tobe like financially . Afterwards , having convinced myself we would be ok , I surprised myself as to how calm I'd become , we dont need to bequeath anything really so at the end the remainer should be broke . It was overamazing , but didnt think too much apart from that. Then Ukraine happened , and suddenly the nest egg shrank . Panic again . 

Which started me thinking. Why, the overreaction? It's a bit obvious, running out of dosh isn't the best situation to be in, but even with that, we still had enough , but my emotions were extreme and got me thinking that the emotions might be genetic . If so, how would that affect society ? and does it gel with reality ?

Mankind seems to have a thing for getting as much as you can , not just enough, but as much . I was reading about some guys who had billions. WHY ? Some guys who have billions, then retire and spend lots on good causes . Those who have billions, then spend it on going to mars and so on, and so forth. US has a tradition of guys retiring then spending it on good causes - they really earnt the title 'robber barons' though in their heyday , so maybe they weren't good to start with ? 

Overall though, most people do whatever they can to get wealth . What would happen with education and a set minimum amount of wealth ? maybe the world would be a better place ?