12 August 2011 - iceberg towing

As the reports trickle down our collective back like meltwater, telling of iceberg towing proponents rioting in the streets of London, experts rush to give contradictory explanations. But who cares, they don’t count! Iceberg towing has been proposed regularly at least since the 19th century, often with calculations showing what a stupendous idea it is, yet no one has funded any serious attempt. The disrespect that the poor ’bergers are so directly fighting against is, in the final analysis, the simple result of this funding gap.