30th January 2013, 09:20 PM
Yep - coastal erosion is a pain! But reading between the lines it sounds like the author is calling for money to build up coastal defenses in a desperate attempt to hold back the tide - even a silly Cnut could point out the futility. There may be a case for large-scale "rescue" digs to sterilise the coasts in order to at least preserve by record that which we cannot hope to protect in situ...