Peter Otway's amazing letter (16/7/10) reminded me of a quote from , 'The Bard”, partially edited here: 'It is a tale full of sound and fury signifying nothing”.
His sweeping statements that 'The science is irrefutable and the evidence is mounting”, sends the tired old, 'Run for the hills”, yawn-inducing clarion call, completely void of proof, something that he now claims the 'opposition” should provide.
If he had taken the trouble to really read my last letter, he would have seen plenty of irrefutable proof of the natural changes that have taken place over millions of years and so continue to. This, plus the proven skulduggery of the various scientific bodies and self-servers, that I have taken some pains to point out and to which he has not taken a single issue.
Furthermore, he should remember that any claim that something is most certainly, about to happen, or has happened should be endorsed with a measure of proof in order to convince readers of the veracity of his claims.
On a lighter note and to further muddy the waters, there is growing scientific attention to the likelihood that we are in for another Ice Age.
Frank Smead, Mount Maunganui.