The above figure is as it appears in the final, published version of Chapter 10 of the Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
via Richard Tol.
We’ve got 5 years (now 1 hour left) to save world says Australia’s chief scientist Professor Penny Sackett, 4th December 2009 | Herald Sun
04 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
Three days to save the world from climate change, if Australia’s chief scientist is to believed?!
01 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia Tags: climate alarmism, global warming, green rent seeking
A Revealing Cartoon |Ideas
30 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in economics of information, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, economics of advertising, global warming
But it apparently does not occur to them that, for someone not persuaded of their policies, the same argument applies to them, that, from the standpoint of the people they want to convince, the cartoon is a reason to be more skeptical of their views, not less.
via Ideas.
Treat scientific advice on global warming like advice from your doctor
28 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, cost benefit analysis, evidence-based policy, global warming
1. Physicians may not agree on the medical condition causing the symptoms the patient presents.
2. Even if physicians agree on their diagnoses, they often do not agree on the efficacy of alternative responses — for example, surgery or medical management for lower-back pain.
3. The reason patients seek advice and treatment is that they expect physicians to have vastly superior knowledge about the proper diagnosis and efficacy of treatment.
4. Medicine proceeds on the basis of double blind trials and other small field experiments. Control and treatment groups are used before any treatment is applied widely.
5. Medicine is not perfect as was the case with the misdiagnosis of the causes of stomach ulcers.
6. The lag between cause and effect are short as would be the case if you rejected emergency treatment after a car accident or cancer treatment.
7. Medicine tests the efficacy of invasive treatments, weighs side-effects and encourages adaptation and prevention.
8. The staying power of self-interest in medicine is well-known: much higher rates of surgery when there is fee for service and much lower rates of surgery if the patient is a doctor or his partner. The efforts of the medical profession to suppress competition is well-known.
A Mini adventure: London to Edinburgh in an electric car
28 Nov 2014 2 Comments
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, electric cars, expressive voting, global warming
The intrepid adventurer from the BBC drove the 778 kilometers from London to Edinburgh in an electric Mini, and had to stop eight times to recharge – often waiting six hours or more.
In total, he spent 80 hours waiting or driving, averaging just ten kilometers per hour – an unenviable pace even before the advent of the steam engine.
via BBC News – Mini adventure: how far can an electric car go?.
On the relative cost effectiveness of electric cars
28 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, expressive voting, global warming
Climate alarmists made some unwise predictions about never seeing snow again
27 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
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David Friedman on the costs and benefits of prevention and adaptation to global warming
20 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
.@cgiarclimate Debate on climate change always neglect crucial role of CO2 in agriculture @ifadnews @careemergencies http://t.co/Y3Du5YnF56—
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The New York Times announces the Death of Snow
20 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
in climate change, environmental economics, environmentalism, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmism, global warming
Global warming has paused for 19 years
19 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
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Global warming denial, global warming scepticism, and global warming anomalies
17 Nov 2014 Leave a comment
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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