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Or as we used to call it, "Jackanory"

Why am I not surprised that smasher-lagru is a climate change denier? His comments here on religion and ethics are so consistently medieval and outmoded, it is no surprise at all that he is scientifically illiterate too.

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Dear Sir,
I watched the Frozen North documentary last night and was disappointed by the approach taken, especially from the ±«Óãtv for whom I have much respect. While I appreciate that the subject matter contains a high degree of uncertainty and also that you are attempting to produce an entertaining programme, I felt that a scenario was proffered which was either not adequately justified or perhaps was unjustifiable.
I am not a climatologist and may well be wrong but surely the following facts hold:-
1. Northern Ireland is centred around 54Deg N not 58Deg N as Churchill Manitoba is.
2. Whether or not the NA Drift turns off, Northern Ireland will still be surrounded by and temperature moderated by a large ocean which cannot according to basic physics cool below 0Deg C without freezing.
3. With Global warming taking hold and indeed the potential of the NW passage being clear in future years I presume you are not suggesting that the Atlantic will freeze as far south as NI.

Putting all this together it would seem that in a global warmed future with no NA Drift our climate would probably be a lot colder but more in line with British Columbia than Manitoba.

I felt that the most telling comment in the show was when one of your experts said that "this would not be an ice age" and I assume from this that there would not be continental glaciation as happened thousands of years ago.

In summary, I felt that you spent a great deal of the programme making an unfair comparison between a potentially cooler future for Northern Ireland and a mid continental Canadian outpost without reasonable qualification. You also implied graphically that there would be an ice age and this impression was left with persons with whom I discussed the programme this morning.

I fully support the ±«Óãtv in the making of scientific documentary programmes and especially welcome such programmes having an NI focus but I would urge you to take a measured approach even when looking at uncertain future scenarios.

All the best with your future programme making.
Regards,
Stephen Doherty

Stevie - my point exactly - northern Ireland will never be like land locked manitoba.

If I lived in NI, I'd get some nice warm blankets, coats, and pjs. It's going to be a long cold ice age. Or....you could just move to Spain. Being in the EU, I think they have to let you in.