tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post4353160207278912878..comments2024-02-22T19:52:27.939+00:00Comments on The bad old days will end: The Box That Changed Britain.rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08557920166206674182noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post-78310943101892231292010-05-10T19:49:58.969+01:002010-05-10T19:49:58.969+01:00Saw that programme too. It was a good documentary,...Saw that programme too. It was a good documentary, maybe a little one-sided in favour of how "positive" and "unstoppable" that thing called "progress" is... but very interesting all the same.<br />Pity they didn't follow up all the other unintended consequences of the Big Box - like the worldwide phenomena of them being used for weed farms buried out of sight and undetectable by infra-red police choppers, or their use in the development of low-cost housing in places where damaged ones are dumped (or in the trendy parts of the Netherlands and Germany), or the growing number of accidental "reefs" on seabed areas under storm zones where they regularly drop from above.henrynoreply@blogger.com