I'm sorry Richard, I didn't realize that you were starting a whole new conversation. I thought we were talking about regulations in the state where I live. The elevation of my house is well below that of Ireland. In fact my home would be uninhabitable while the water was just lapping at the bases of cliffs in the British Isles. In fact I think that there are more people in danger of being displaced on the here than there are in the whole of the UK. Boston, coastal New England, New York City, much of New Jersey, Philadelphia, A million people in coastal Virginia, another million in the Carolinas, Half million in Georgia, Most of Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa Region, Gulf coast of Fl, AL, MS, LA & Texas, including New Orleans, Mobile, Biloxi, Corpus Cristi, Brownsville, Galveston and much of Houston. Oh yeah and Seattle, San Francisco Bay and the Los Angeles basin. Oh yeah, and Coastal Alaska. Oh Yeah and Hawaii, and a few hundred US island that are near sea level already.

Yeah, Ireland is the big concern. By the way ollaimh says he is in Canada, You know, the country that was one of the first to sign Kyoto and one of the first to drop it when the tar sands became viable. I think SINSULL knows where he is from. Hence the posts you made about Ireland, a stupid comparison, I thought, weren't even really relevant. Were they?

I thought you were also talking about what was wrong with US politics and comparing it to Britain. Sorry that I thought that. I didn't realize you were starting an entirely different topic where you got to set the limits on the points to be addressed.

Maybe next time you can avoid confusion by starting another thread?