The beloved mentioned that when I blog about environmental issues I tend to lose him. Here therefore is an environmental story from the point of view of a field he understands better than me: economics. This article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/edmundconway/6505670/North-Sea-oil-is-dragging-us-into-the-red.html claims that the UK's economic prosperity since the early 1980s has been due to 'black gold' - i.e. North Sea oil and gas and the money it has brought into country. With these supplies now running out and the UK no longer being self-sufficient in energy, we are going to have economic problems.
But, the kids liked it so, since it is a children's program, maybe I should not complain.