Blame Greenland

When global warming really wreaks havoc on the planet, we can all blame Greenland. Yes, that's right, Greenland. I mean, after all, how can anyone trust an icebound country that calls itself green?

The fact is that Greenland is going to kill an awful lot of people, many millions and perhaps more. According to the British government's chief scientific advisor, Sir David King, the battle to arrest global warming has to be won before the melting of the great Greenland ice sheet becomes irreversible.

What's the deal with this ice sheet? For starters, it's really big, hence the name "great." It's big enough that, if it melts, it'll send sea levels rising 20-feet. Bye, bye New York; bye, bye London as well as vast swathes of Holland, a great deal of the South Pacific and south Asia - hell, everywhere!

Sir Dave's approach is to target GHG reduction efforts at saving the great ice sheet. Just what that means remains to be discovered but, hey, it's a good start.