How will the two successive cold winters affect plant choices?

We asked exhibitors and delegates at Gardening Scotland what the future was for garden plants after the highest death rate in recent memory caused by last winter's freeze.

If they cannot tell the truth about even their own report… | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Henry Ergas warns you are being told falsehoods about the Gillard Government’s latest report on global warming policies

Chu Explains That There Is A 67% Chance That He Doesn’t Know What He Is Talking About | Real Science

Chu noted that even the most optimistic climate models for the second half of this century suggest that 30 to 70 percent of the snowpack will disappear. “There’s a two-thirds chance there will be a disaster,” Chu said, “and that’s in the best scenario.”

A riposte from a 'Flat Earther' - On Line Opinion - 17/6/2011

Also CO2 levels are at the highest for 800,000 years but for example 500 million years ago CO2 levels were 20 times higher but life survived. When I first learned about photosynthesis at that the earth's atmosphere contained 21% Oxygen and 0.3% CO2 I used have nightmares that we would run out of CO2 and all the plants would die. I cannot believe that so many people are now having the opposite nightmare. Also while everyone says the burning of hydrocarbons increases the level of CO2 no one complains about the commensurate increase in H20.

With regard to the veracity of models, I must confess cynicism. I worked in Venture Capital for 25 years and backed over 50 business plans. Only one business met its modelling forecasts. I once asked a colleague if he had had a similar experience. His reply was that out of 80 investments only one business had made its forecasts. Business models are much simpler than climate models.