THE award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the UN's top climate panel on Friday has prompted a fresh chorus of criticism from global warming sceptics -- with one dubbing the award "a political gimmick".
Off topic and not relevant, SJT. Once again you pick up on what was a minor detail (does anyone give a toss whether the wall can be seen from space) but ignore the key issue.
Uncle Hu and his mates are not known for standing around like dynamited mullet while 30% of their agricultural capacity goes under water. But the climate cretins don't think twice about using such a dubious assumption in their climate scarenarios.
So now Keelty is an expert on what China will do in response to a hypothetical rise in sea level of 50 cm? Remember, these are the people who, 2000 years ago, built the only man made object that can be seen from space. The Great Wall was built by hand, by a much smaller population, on a much lower technical level, and on a much lower economic base.
It is 5 to 6 metres high and stretches for the approximate distance of the Chinese coastline.
Do these morons seriously think the current ascendent China would be incapable of raising the existing dunes and levee systems by 50cm over half a f#@$%&g century?
Do they seriously think such a measure would not be justified on economic grounds with even a 50% increase in food prices, let alone the 400% increases being spoken of lately?
Keelty and the IPCC are totally out of their depth.
Ian
now you know what happens to Luke all the time.
Off topic and not relevant, SJT. Once again you pick up on what was a minor detail (does anyone give a toss whether the wall can be seen from space) but ignore the key issue.
Uncle Hu and his mates are not known for standing around like dynamited mullet while 30% of their agricultural capacity goes under water. But the climate cretins don't think twice about using such a dubious assumption in their climate scarenarios.
Hey, Ian, you might want to read this.
http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwall.asp
or this.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/in-china-a-lakes-brave-crusader-is-silenced/2007/10/14/1192300598525.html
So now Keelty is an expert on what China will do in response to a hypothetical rise in sea level of 50 cm? Remember, these are the people who, 2000 years ago, built the only man made object that can be seen from space. The Great Wall was built by hand, by a much smaller population, on a much lower technical level, and on a much lower economic base.
It is 5 to 6 metres high and stretches for the approximate distance of the Chinese coastline.
Do these morons seriously think the current ascendent China would be incapable of raising the existing dunes and levee systems by 50cm over half a f#@$%&g century?
Do they seriously think such a measure would not be justified on economic grounds with even a 50% increase in food prices, let alone the 400% increases being spoken of lately?
Keelty and the IPCC are totally out of their depth.