The climate of change

[azekeil]

I've just watched what I now realise is my second of the BBC's series of docu-dramas on current affairs. Not interesting, you may think, but these look at the long term effect of current day politics and trends; incorporating recent news in their extrapolation in a way that is rather close to my line of thinking.

They paint a poignant picture of things to come.

Of course, personally I believe things will take more of a middle line but they still spell out change in no uncertain way.

I must say that finally someone has produced a series of forward looking programmes that seem plausible and give one an idea of what we might expect. Far more interesting than watching the certain train-wreck that is American foreign policy unfold in painstaking detail in front of our eyes, at least.

Comments

Dammit!

[lazrus-armagedn.livejournal.com]

I meant to watch those!

You haven't been recording them, by any chance?

*hopeful*

Re: Dammit!

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

No, unfortunately not.

[beeby.livejournal.com]

I have watched them all. The first one was a repeat of when the roads jam or similar and absolutely enthralling. All the recent "If" ones are interesting and certainly thought provoking but "could do better". I think the best so far was the one on "If the lights go out" which really looked at what will happen if the UK continues it's trend of ever increasingly relying on gas powered electricity generators as opposed to our current mix of roughly one third gas, one third nuclear and one third coal. I do hope someone from the government was watching!!

[azekeil.livejournal.com]

"could do better"

I do think they produced them for the lower common denominator unfortunately. Still, it's a relief to see that at least some people understand the consequences of decisions made (or not made) today.