Climate Panel Says To Prepare For Weird Weather

Layzej writes "Extreme weather, such as the 2010 Russian heat wave or the drought in the horn of Africa, will become more frequent and severe as the planet warms, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns in a report released today. Some areas could become 'increasingly marginal as places to live in,' the report concludes. Critics of the report note that 'Governments have in the past considerably weakened the language of IPCC summaries for policymakers,' and that the IPCC process tends to water down even the most obvious conclusions."

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Re:Warms?!

[hairyfeet]

Not to mention look up on Yahoo News the latest story on Solyndra (I believe the show is called marketwatch) where an author that actually looked at Obama's 'green tech initiative' found that out of TWENTY billion spent SIXTEEN billion was given to cronies like Al Gore, and that in many cases there wasn't even a review process! One company whose income last year was 13 million and which had NEVER made a profit got 1.3 BILLION with a B in money this year! The author then looked into the background of the company and found it a who's who of campaign donors.

What do this have to do with TFA? simply this, it really doesn't matter what IPCC or anyone else says about the weather as the scammers have come in and the ONLY thing that will get done is the transfer of money from your pocket to theirs, that's it. Anything else and they don't make massive profits by cranking out some panels in China and calling it "green" at a 4000% markup or get billions to build some plant in the desert. they know fear helps them scam money so the nastier things get the more they profit. they profit on food and water shortages, they profit on locking up the IP behind a bazillion patents, they profit by having your taxes diverted into their pockets.

The whole "green" thing, while once a noble idea about taking care of our planet, has become a "heads I win, tails you lose" situation where it frankly doesn't matter WHAT happens to the climate as those elite at the top make money on every possible angle. Oh and before anyone says i'm right wing watch Marketwatch, he names several Rs that likewise pocketed crazy amounts of money for their friends as well as had some nice insider trading going on, like Bacus from AZ that was shorting the economy after getting reports from Bernanke.

Yet another example ...

[johnlcallaway]

... of vague predictions by the Global warming/climate change group that can't seem to figure out exactly what is going to happen and when and produce quotes that can be used no matter what happens to the weather. Kinda like their recent hurricane predictions. Oh wait .. those didn't pan out.

Yes .. we need to decrease emissions. But until someone somewhere can start making somewhat accurate predictions, I'm not willing to toss our economy down the tubes. We learned not too long ago that wind turbines impact local climate, creating hot spots. Everything we do impacts the environment. Everything any living thing does impacts the environment, THAT is a fact.

It's been a few degrees (Fahrenheit) above normal in Phoenix this fall, and we have LOVED it. I'd take a few extra degrees in the three months of summer for some of this beautiful weather year the other 9. Some areas may become uninhabitable, but others will become more habitable. I notice the GW/CCG group never balances out the bad stuff with the good stuff, hardly an unbiased bit of reporting there.

Whether or not it is beneficial or harmful is the issue. So some guy in Bongo-Pongo has to move his house on sticks that he has to rebuild every time a hurricane comes through. Or Long Island needs to build a dike and install massive pumping systems like Holland and New Orleans as done. These are costs that can be spread out over time.

Provided that some day, the GWS/CCG folks can actually predict with accuracy when they will be needed. Until that day, I'm doing my best to cut back electrical usage, replace old appliances with more efficient ones as they age, and I even use a CFL or two. I'm even considering looking for a job within 10 miles of my house so I can at least ride a bicycle once in a while and not use as much gas.

But I'm not giving up my truck I drive less than 5,000 miles a year, and when it dies, I will buy a bigger one. Because I need it and use it and enjoy it.