Prince William warns world's oceans are 'diminishing before our eyes'
Prince William has warned the world's oceans are "diminishing before our eyes" and called on the world to "think big" on how to revive them.
Speaking at the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco on Sunday, he said everyone is responsible for change - both negative and positive.
"What once seemed an abundant resource is diminishing before our eyes," he said.
Yet another meaningless royal pronouncement.
There are bound to be certain problems with our oceans with varying degrees of importance and tackling them is bound to have varying levels of practical feasibility, political feasibility and cost. Then we have the issue of who stumps up those costs. Then the biggest issue of all - what's the level of fraud likely to be?
To describe the world's oceans as 'diminishing before our eyes' doesn't work at any level beyond virtually worthless rhetoric. It's lazy.
To describe the world's oceans as 'diminishing before our eyes' doesn't work at any level beyond virtually worthless rhetoric. It's lazy.
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If they are diminishing, then pundits can stop blethering on about rising sea levels, and they can stop doing work on those flood defences.
Yes, just lazy nonsense. As is the request that we "think big" to solve problems. Utterly meaningless. Sounds like he roughed out his speech while the previous bloke was talking.
If the oceans are "diminishing before our eyes" , then how can there be rising sea levels?
Besides, wasn't the sea level supposed to rise? Surely that would make oceans more plentiful.
If His Highness is observing an unnatural retreat of the sea he should immediately take himself, his family and entourage to higher ground.
It usually is a warning of a harbour wave.
But seriously though, folks, if the ice sheets at Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland are getting thicker that water has got to come from somewhere.
Buy Dogger farmland futures.
He's not going to prove as daft as his Dad, is he?
Sam - "Sounds like he roughed out his speech while the previous bloke was talking."
Yes it does and it still surprises me how poor his speeches are if we assume he has professional assistance. As if they are intended to keep him away from serious people who might tell him a thing or two.
DAD and Anon - yes, 'diminishing' is the wrong word isn't it? As if someone wanted him to say something a little daft so he obliged.
Doonhamer - "Buy Dogger farmland futures" and a few Channel Bridge shares.
dearieme - I think he is, possibly dafter.
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