buzzanddidj
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longweekend58 wrote on Sep 9 th, 2014 at 2:25am: buzzanddidj wrote on Sep 3 rd, 2014 at 7:55pm: Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Aug 27 th, 2014 at 11:43am: bogarde73 wrote on Aug 27 th, 2014 at 11:41am: The gold cup goes to . . .Tim Flannery!
"SYDNEY’S dam levels are now at 84 per cent of their total capacity, with more still to come.
The wettest August in more than 15 years, already delivering 178mm of rain with several more days remaining in the month, has seen Sydney reach a remarkable water peak.
Things have certainly changed since 2005, when climate change panic convinced many that our city might actually run out of water.
According to one prediction from former climate commissioner Tim Flannery, Sydney’s dams could have been entirely dry by 2007. “Where does Sydney go for more water?” Flannery asked.
The answer, as everyone in Sydney will currently tell him, is outside. Or inside, in the case of many houses that haven’t held up particularly well against this month’s historic downpours. Nature has ways of humbling all of us, from time to time, even if you are a distinguished former Australian of the Year."
I don't know whether your English comprehension is lacking bogarde, but what does could mean? Let's see what Flannery REALLY said
Not what Andrew Bolt CLAIMED he said Quote:SALLY SARA: What will it mean for Australian farmers if the predictions of climate change are correct and little is done to stop it? What will that mean for a farmer? PROFESSOR TIM FLANNERY: We're already seeing the initial impacts and they include a decline in the winter rainfall zone across southern Australia, which is clearly an impact of climate change, but also a decrease in run-off. Although we're getting say a 20 per cent decrease in rainfall in some areas of Australia, that's translating to a 60 per cent decrease in the run-off into the dams and rivers. That's because the soil is warmer because of global warming and the plants are under more stress and therefore using more moisture. So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems, and that's a real worry for the people in the bush. If that trend continues then I think we're going to have serious problems, particularly for irrigation. http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s1844398.htm and you think the full quote changes anything? he was still DEAD WRONG.
First, Flannery did not say that Australian dams will never fill again. Andrew Bolt, misrepresenting Flannery, draws attention to a Feb 2007 Landline interview with Flannery in which Flannery said: " ... even the rain that falls isn’t actually going to fill our dams and our river systems" However, what Flannery was actually saying that climate trends at the time indicated a long-term outcome of normalized water shortage consistent with IPCC projections Flannery’s comments were to the effect that Australia was at the time currently experiencing a 60% fall in run-off going into dams due to hotter soils and greater rainfall take-up by drought-stressed vegetation and that this would be indicative of what we could eventually expect as a consistent and normal outcome in the future.
He did not say that the dams would never fill again at any time from the date he was speaking, which is the thick-as-a-brick intentionally distorted view presented by Bolt and fellow travellers. Flannery was pointing to a long-term outcome of normalized water shortage based on current data and climate trends. http://indifferencegivesyouafright.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/tim-flannery-did-not...... and I don't doubt a WORD
I have a micro model - MY dam and MY two acre catchment - just outside my front door " ... even the rain that falls isn’t actually going to fill our dams and our river systems" Flannery DIDN'T say "Australia's dams will never fill again"
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