Oooops! The U.N.
IPCC published predictions by its
climate models:
The UN Climate Models Got it Wrong:
No Warming Yet This Century
The Washington
Post writer Joel Achenbach fears the
fashion of blaming every disaster on
Global Warming threatens The True
Faith.
Global Warming Did It! Well, Maybe
Not
But it won't
stop as long as scientists in almost
any field can win funding and feed
media hysteria with some far-fetched
global warming connection in their
research:
Melting ice caps will lead to
shellfish invasion but read the
whole story: it's a good thing!
Canadian Govt: Global warming means
more raw sewage in local water,
maybe, someday. Meanwhile let's
raise taxes to pay for it now!
Most
Egregious Claim of the Week:
Usually
this section features some sort
of snarky comment but I'm afraid
all the snark in world couldn't
do justice to this column from
the Guardian in the UK:
"...the idea that we could
adapt to a 4C rise is absurd
and dangerous. Global
warming on this scale would
be a catastrophe that would
mean, in the immortal words
that Chief Seattle probably
never spoke, "the end of
living and the beginning of
survival" for humankind. Or
perhaps the beginning of our
extinction.
"The collapse of the polar
ice caps would become
inevitable, bringing
long-term sea level rises of
70-80 metres. All the
world's coastal plains would
be lost, complete with
ports, cities, transport and
industrial infrastructure,
and much of the world's most
productive farmland. The
world's geography would be
transformed much as it was
at the end of the last ice
age, when sea levels rose by
about 120 metres to create
the Channel, the North Sea
and Cardigan Bay out of dry
land. Weather would become
extreme and unpredictable,
with more frequent and
severe droughts, floods and
hurricanes. The Earth's
carrying capacity would be
hugely reduced. Billions
would undoubtedly die."
You hear
that? Billions. I
don't think Mr. Tickell got Mr.
Achenbach's memo.
Patrick Gallagher, Editor
Richard Vigilante,
Publisher
