Letter to the Editor,  not published in the Sunday Times,  1st December 2019

It is encouraging to hear that, following his experiences in a dried-up river in south-east

Asia, Jeremy Clarkson is now taking a more sympathetic view of environmentalism.

However before  embracing current climate dogmas he might ask some questions:  has

anything similar happened in the last 100 or 150 years (before atmospheric carbon dioxide

reached present levels ) and what do local experts regard as the cause of the present

problems in the river?  I have tried to elucidate the issues in a general way in a report

recently published by Farsight Research, called "Global warming re-examined", and will

send him a complimentary copy.

I believe that the climate debate as currently carried on obscures the two most

important environmental problems:  the long, slow, relentless battle between civilisation

and the motor car;  and population growth, mainly from immigration, leading to endless

demands for more housing.