Commonsense over global warming

IF anyone was still in doubt as to the reality of global warming and the loss of the weather system operating in a normal fashion they need only to drive through Southern Spain and North Africa.

As they journey south they will observe vast areas of terraced agriculture and conventional arable use of land abandoned to the advancing desert and arid climate.

Within the past 30 years, these regions still received adequate rainfall to support some form of agriculture, usually oranges or olive trees and hay for animal feed.

The oncoming conference in Copenhagen on climate change doesn't need computer models to prove their points, a simple bus ride from Tangiers to the Sahara desert would convince anyone left in doubt, if only they would open their eyes.

It's not rocket science that's needed, only commonsense.

Andrew R Barnes

Monmouth Street , Topsham