Okay I will come out and say it.

That BBC documentary is just as fast and loose with science as it being said about Al Gore's documentary.

Now I'm not totally hot on Al Gore's version either, but that doesn't mean that it proposes things that can only have good outcomes. It is at least more careful to not risk too much.

I'll always amused myself about how normal folk first demand complex things to be exlained by simple means only to come later at you with the accusation that what you have given them is "fast and loose" with hardcore science. How many of you would have watched the whole Al Gore presentation if he had provided 90 minutes of hardcore science ?


Also this whole debate always reminds me of a commercial that used to be shown on Dutch Television back in the 80's, putting across the message of WWF wildlife preservation.

You see a family of neatherthaler humans sitting around a fire in a cave eating roosted meat of the bone. Then the teenager of the family rushes in and grunts (which gets translated by subtitles) :"Each day it is harder to find new Mammoths, we have to do something !". The family as a whole suddenly stops eating looks up at the teenage with a totally bewildered expression on their faces. The teenage continues :"They could become extinct and then ..." . then he gets interrupted by a thunderous laughter of the family. One family member grunts ;"Crazy Uhah never fails to amaze me ! Next time he'll say that elephant are about to go extinct" To which another family members enthousiastic replies :"And there are many many more of those around !" which caused another round of hysterical laughter. Then during the uproar grandfather mumbles :"or even us ..." Then the camera pans out as the family gets back into devouring their food with total devotion, leaving the teenager totally bewildered in turn.

Wouter