Seed Bank Sends Out Grant Request Disguised As Press Release

The British Millenium Seed Bank wants you to know it continues to waste British pounds by storing its one billionth seed. But buried in the story is the real reason for the press release: ""As it stands now we are looking at the abyss on funding after 2010. Up to then we can stand on our own. After that we have nothing," [Paul] Smith told Reuters." I wrote about the bank previously here, and remarked that they were on a race against time. Naturally, I thought they were racing against the future extinction of the flowering plants, because climate impacts would start mass killing the species by 2010. But they were really in a race against time, before their funding ran out. Oh, how could we have been mislead? Gosh, I'm sure it wasn't intentional! Those British pols better increase their green cred by throwing more money at the bank, but remember this is about saving the planet, not influencing elections: "Smith said he hoped Britain's finance minister Gordon Brown, likely to succeed Prime Minister Tony Blair later this year, would boost his green credentials by offering funds." I'm sure Smith isn't just thinking about his job prospects after 2010, since he's only getting paid to save the planet, after all. Because, as we all know, the big money goes to all those denialists getting paid off by the dirty, scummy, petroleum industry. Right? Right?