Comments on: Tuvalu’s problems not caused by CO2

By: Richard C (NZ)

Richard C (NZ) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:27:45 +0000

“Tuvalu feels it when the sea level climbs by an average of 5.77mm annually”

From: And not a drop to drink – The Economist

http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/10/south-pacifics-water-crisis

By: Richard C (NZ)

Richard C (NZ) — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:17:13 +0000

The article “Tiny Tuvalu outgunned by oil giant” has been withdrawn from the NZ Herald website and I did a search in Google News that didn’t turn up anything either.

Maybe some editorial objectivity after all (or nagging guilt).

By: Clarence

Clarence — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:35:55 +0000

“Its worst-case scenario sees the oceans rising by at least 60cm by 2100″

Why should anybody (let alone anxious islanders) take a blind bit of notice of the IPCC’s worst scenario? For starters, their scenarios are mere “story-lines” and are almost guaranteed to bear no resemblance whatever to what actually happens in future. The IPCC sets out to cover every conceivable outcome, giving all scenarios equal weight, (including those verging on the impossible) and then divorces its models from all current real-world data. Their predictive value of the worst scenario is zero. Tarot cards offer a far better success rate.

By: Climate Conversation Group » Kiribati sinking beneath waves again

Climate Conversation Group » Kiribati sinking beneath waves again — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:59:11 +0000

[...] a year ago the Herald carried a similar story headed Tiny Tuvalu outgunned by oil giant which I quickly debunked. Seems they didn’t learn much that time [...]