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The last sentence of a 2006 newspaper editorial about Himalayan glaciers by Dr Hasnain: 'The ongoing ice melting is only the tip of the iceberg that will hit us in the near future.'
Is there fancy word for a clumsy metaphor like that? It's not mixed. It's... Confused?
Strangely apt, though.
Whats the odds that the 'carbon tax' is quietly modified into a wider remit (ie real pollutants) to keep the gravy train going ?
Vinny, I think it's a Goldwynism:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwynism
A Ship of Fools. A wonder who is still on it?
Of course Pachauri is right. Greenland will be free of ice in 2035 - no more icebergs, no more sinking Titanics.
As Derek and Clive said, "Never go to sea on a bogey"...and who listened?
In a similar vein, Pachauri's deranged ramblings about floating have led to him being tagged "the floater" which seems most appropriate.