... according to Tony Blair, who always speaks the truth.

He doesn't often mention science at all, but when he was attacked over his family holiday at Bee Gees mansion, Florida, on the grounds of 1) politicians shouldn't accept favours, 2) they should set an example in avoiding unnecessary carbon emissions, and 3) they should have better musical taste, he suddenly remembered that there is such a thing as science, and surely it will soon find a fix so he can continue jetting around the globe for no obvious reason.

In other words, his job to mess up the planet, scientist's job to clean up after him.

Here's Guardian sketchwriter Simon Hoggart's impression of this remarkable statement:

I loved Tony Blair's insouciant self-exculpation for taking his family on long-haul flights. Science, he explained, would soon come up with lighter and more fuel-efficient planes, and that would help solve the climate change problem.

If you think about it, that principle could be extended to most fields of government. Why bother with education, when soon science will find a way to implant a microchip in every child's brain? This will teach him or her to read, write and count, as well as providing a repository of all the world's knowledge to be accessed at will. We won't need police, since science will shortly isolate the criminal gene. Anyone committing a crime, whether rape or shoplifting, will simply have the relevant part of the brain removed. And health will cease to be a problem. If you've ever seen a science fiction film you'll know that any day now we will be able to walk into a machine while suffering from cancer, or a bad hip; purple and green lights will flash, weird electronic music will screech on the soundtrack, and 10 minutes later we will walk out again, cured! Iraq, of course, may prove to be more intractable.

source:

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,,1989549,00.html