As if the Stern Report wasn’t enough to highlight the potentially cataclysmic nature of global warming, the UN has published its own book “Tore and the town on thin ice” for children. Tore, the protagonist, lives in an arctic village and enters a sled race. During the race he rides over thin ice, which breaks leaving Tore to fall into its freezing depths. He loses the race.
After walking off his brush with death (as you do) he heads off to bed with a bowl of hot soup, where after drifting into the land of nod, a shiny entity visits him during a dream. Sedna, the mother of the sea claims that “I’m the one who created and cares for the sea creatures – whales and walruses, seals and fish,” to our young Inuit protagonist, instantly dismissing Darwinism and eons of evolution, much akin to the US’ education policy. Where can one buy this psychedelic “dream” soup, asks Residue, purely for scientific purposes of course.
A number of animals confront Tore in the ensuing days following his “trip” moaning about their troubles, namely a hungry polar bear that uses the ice as a platform to hunt for seals and later on, a whale moans about rising sea levels.
Who makes these stupid creatures? If it doesn’t recognise our young Inuit friend as supper for a week, then it deserves to die. And why is a Whale talking to an Inuit? Has no one told it that Inuit’s are seasoned whalers/whale hunters? Anyway, we could do with fewer whales in the ocean as there would be more space available for water.
Motivated by the plight of his animal friends, Tore re-enters the race and lo and behold, he wins. During his victory speech, he declares that the prize money will be donated build to renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, in his region. Nice idea mate, but it’ll be money well wasted if wind turbines and solar panels are built on a town with thin ice.
Quick capsule review: Tripe.
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