tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330650666541115497.post6335487201707723656..comments2023-11-03T23:33:41.347+11:00Comments on ABC News Watch: Chicken littles at the Sydney Morning Herald.Marc Hendrickxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13764038599250494228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330650666541115497.post-17294344970793064552011-02-10T13:11:48.994+11:002011-02-10T13:11:48.994+11:00Nice point, Tony. I've asked ABC for the sourc...Nice point, Tony. I've asked ABC for the source of its insurance graph. I'd like to see the same numbers run on a per capita basis. <br />Roger Pielke Jnr has more on the true numbers for insurance losses for natural disasters- these show no trend- follow the links above.<br /><br />cheers<br />MarcMarc Hendrickxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13764038599250494228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330650666541115497.post-59365521830312308502011-02-10T13:06:41.091+11:002011-02-10T13:06:41.091+11:00Lateline on Wed.
ABC Lateline last night
http://ww...Lateline on Wed.<br />ABC Lateline last night<br />http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2011/s3134677.htm<br />Margot O'Neil:Big international insurers are mopping up after more than 850 global weather catastrophes in 2010, and they say there's no doubt: global warming is destabilising the climate.<br /><br />Also,<br />MATTHEW ENGLAND: And if it wasn't happening, why are the glaciers melting as well? I mean, there's no glacier on the planet, I don't think, that hasn't melted significantly over the last century.<br />Reality: 58% of Himalayan glaciers are stable or growing. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/01/23/us-climate-himalayas-idUSTRE70M1RC20110123<br /><br />O'Neil: The reliance on modelling attracts criticism, but the scientists point out that models underpin most of today's science and technology.<br />ANDY PITMAN: You can't get on an aeroplane if you don't believe in computer modelling. You can't drive a car if you don't believe in computer modelling.<br /><br />So the best evidence our best scientists can find to support the reliability and robustness of climate models,<br />is that because othercomputer models work, then so do climate models. Sounds more like an admission of failure.tonynoreply@blogger.com