HUMANS NOT DOOMED BUT...

Gaia theory guru James Lovelock delivers a mixed bag of global warming good news and bad news:

"We are not all doomed. An awful lot of people will die, but I don't see the species dying out," he told a news conference.

"A hot Earth couldn't support much over 500 million."

Mr Lovelock said temperature rises of up to 8C were already built in and, while efforts to curb it were morally commendable, they were wasted.

Mr Lovelock said the United States, which has rejected the Kyoto protocol on cutting carbon emissions, wrongly believed there was a technological solution, while booming economies China and India were out of control.

So, we should stop wasting money on global warming solutions, upgrading our military instead. You know, so we can defend our land or take over someone else's if need be.