Spotted in the Hootmon and basically, the message as usual is that We’re All Doomed (Part 82348). Still, it’s a nifty excuse to use this picture, eh? The summary, to save you clicking on the link, is that if you assume we are all going to die in a man-made heatwave / tornado / ice-age / earthquake / spoon throwing contest then you have free rein to pluck a figure out of your backside and claim to know the price of a pint in 2015 / 2030 / 2050 / Next Tuesday.

SOARING food prices could leave UK consumers forking out almost £6.50 for a loaf of bread and more than £18 for a pint of beer by 2030, unless urgent action is taken to avert dangerous climate change.

A study for Friends of the Earth by Oxford University lecturer Ray Hammond examining how warming temperatures could affect food supplies said the prices of basics such as bread, rice and pasta could all spiral in the next two decades, leaving millions hungry in the UK. 


Yields of staple crops are predicted to fall as global temperatures rise, while climate change will put extra pressure on land and resources such as water, with more droughts, floods and extreme weather events expected.

No news on the effect of all this nonsense on the price of a large G&T but that’s not really a North-of-the Border drink. They should have included a random guess at the price of whisky if they’d really wanted to frighten the horses up there.