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Recently the UK has seem astounding levels of rainfall in summer, there were dangerous floods and parts of cities evacuated, motroways closed, dams being pumped to shop them caving in and wiping out areas. I don't know if this made much international news, however people lost their lives, cars, business', homes and mobility on a leven never experienced previously in the UK.
Fortunatley I live in a town which is 1250ft above sea level and was not affected, but where I live it's easy to find fossils of sea life. In fact when I was in Peru in the Andes, the mountain people up there collected salt. Why is salt there, because it's left from times when they were covered in the sea.
You don't have to be a scientist or gifted to figure out that the sea level and climate of the world has ALWAYS changed and will always continue doing so, even if all humans and human activities cease. If we do have any effect on the climate and sea level, it is nothing compared to the forces of nature.
Climate change seems to be an excuse for taxation in the UK and used as a distraction from important issues, such as how to DEAL with it, for example stopping housing estates being built on flood plains and planning a society that will be less affected by water levels and climate change. Dealing with and preparing for this inevitable change is something nobody in power seems to do. They prefer to use it to raise money for other uses. Then, when the floods come,they can say they tried to do their part by charging us to go on holiday (air tax has doubled).
One good thing about owning a yacht is that if tax and operating costs or legislation are excessive in one country, one can easily vote with their boat and move elsewhere.
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