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When we heard Al Gore was moving into a new beachside Montecito mansion just a couple hours down the road from IHateTheMedia.com’s international headquarters, we did the neighborly thing and tried to deliver a welcome basket filled with central coast wines. Unfortunately, the security guards weren’t as neighborly as we were.

So we did the next best thing and ran an ad in the Montecito Journal, Al’s new hometown newspaper, welcoming the Goracle to the neighborhood.

Bafflegab and BS in the climate debate

In part 1 and part 2 of this series, it was shown that the supposed consensus in the climate science community that our CO2 emissions are causing dangerous global warming is not substantiated. Here we examine the contents of a typical open letter to government in support of the CO2/climate crisis hypothesis to see if it is provides meaningful guidance to public policy formulation.

Munich Re CEO Nikolaus von Bomhard: 'Hardly a Catastrophe in the World We Aren't Involved In' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

SPIEGEL: Your corporation was one of the first to issue warnings about the effects of climate change. Recently, however, several climate-change researchers have been discredited. Do you still personally believe in global warming?

Bomhard: It's not a question of belief but of fact. We can substantiate this warming and its effects. For example, there has been a measurable increase in both the intensity of storms and the extent of flooding. Granted, in the recent past, some researchers have made mistakes when it comes to individual cases of presentation. But the data we have sends us a clear message.

SPIEGEL: Do you pay any attention to the findings of studies published by avowed opponents of the climate-change theory?

Bomhard: Of course. We consider it important to do so because we in no way want to expose ourselves to accusations of being one-sided or close-minded.

SPIEGEL: The whole issue seems to have evolved into a religious war of sorts.

Bomhard: We just don't have any more time for these discussions. If we are looking to have 100 percent certainty about each and every detail, it'll be too late to find solutions. As a company, we see ourselves as the voice of reason on this matter.
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SPIEGEL: Critics have accused you of using your Cassandra-like prophecies of doom to bump up premium prices.

Bomhard: That's absurd. On the contrary, we want to make sure that the risks are lower and remain insurable -- and that our premiums remain affordable.

Flashback: Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Catastrophes Wanted: Climate Change and the Soft Market in Reinsurance

Climate change is indeed real -- with a significant human component
-- but to date, there
has been no signal of human caused climate change in the disaster
record. Don't just take my word for it, you can see that result in the
peer reviewed research conducted by . . . Munich Re.