It is incredible that something that big can be made in sections to weld together.

When I build something from Lego the bits never seem to match….

Ashley

Hi Andy

Thanks for the heads up, thankfully Jane had seen that the programme was on and has recorded it.

A very informative programme and will be a big reference aid to my long term project of designing and building a large scale model of this amazing ship.

Paul

Hi Dodgy

CO2 is an issue and we cant hide behind speculative theories such as those that take the Clarkson route of assuming the climate models are wrong or that the climate itself is somehow self levelling.

Whilst it is true to say that global temperatures haven't changed over the past fifteen years it is also true to say that, as a species we have dumped 100 billion tonnes of carbon into the global atmosphere between 2000 and 2010 (which amounts for a quarter of all CO2 put there by humanity since 1750) and the forecasted quantity is to double before the end of this century.

The real problem with CO2 as a greenhouse gas is that it has the capacity to raise the temperature of the oceans which in turn will trigger the release of billions of tonnes of Methane currently held in suspension in the lower depths of the oceans.

The release of huge quantities of Methane will have a devastating effect on the climate and has the capacity to raise global temperatures by between 4 to 6`C.

For those who don't know about the problem that Methane poses just Google 'methane time bomb'

Paul