Tuesday, May 19, 2009

No offense, but would it be prudent to cough up $45 trillion every time some idiot tweaks some bogus model?

Global warming could be twice as bad as forecast | Reuters
Earth's median surface temperature could rise 9.3 degrees F (5.2 degrees C) by 2100, the scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found, compared to a 2003 study that projected a median temperature increase of 4.3 degrees F (2.4 degrees C).

The new study, published in the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate, said the difference in projection was due to improved economic modeling and newer economic data than in previous scenarios.
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These projections indicate that "without rapid and massive action," this dramatic warming will take place this century, the statement said.

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