Flanno epitomizes the lies that are the FAKE Global Warming HOAX.Michael of Dubbo POSTED AT 9:10 AM MAY 15, 2012"Its a land of drought and flooding rains" Tim you are a genius!!
Brett of Climate Change Central POSTED AT 9:09 AM MAY 15, 2012Tim Flannery, here is a solution to your problem, if these so called 'mega bush fires' happen, it is ok, because the 1.1m rise in sea levels wil put out the fires no problems. As we will not be allowed to live anywhere near the coast, we will all be living alot closer to the fresh water of the great divide, so we wil not need de-sal plants.
morph of Sydney POSTED AT 9:05 AM MAY 15, 2012Hey Tim I would like you to pay for the $1bn Sydney desal plant we don't need
Slippery when wet - Tim Flannery's climate warnings questioned after recent floodingGEMMA JONES AND ROSEMARIE LENTINI THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MAY 15, 2012 12:00AM SHARE
More doom and gloom ... Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery / Pic: Alan Pryke
FIVE years ago, Climate Commissioner Tim Flannery predicted that the nation's dams would never be full again and major Australian cities would need desalination plants to cater for our water needs.Yesterday, in his latest report, he said "climate change cannot be ruled out" as a factor in recent flooding rains, which led to some of those dams overflowing.
The apparent contradiction accompanies predictions that heatwaves, made worse by concrete, asphalt and buildings, will cause deaths and violence in western Sydney.
And just weeks before the carbon tax is due to come into effect and drive up electricity prices by 10 per cent, Professor Flannery's fellow commissioner Lesley Hughes said elderly people who cannot afford airconditioning were most at risk from the surge in temperatures.
Other claims in the report include that Sydney Airport will be flooded by a 1.1m sea level rise and catastr- ophic bushfires will happen more often.
Professor Flannery was quizzed at a press conference to launch the report yesterday on whether people would believe the latest round of predictions or if he thought some of his past predictions about rainfall and dams had been wrong.
"I've been really consistent with what I've said, which is that we've got a water problem in this country," he said.
"It's a land of drought and flooding rains. Just because we've had a few wet years doesn't mean that the problem is solved."
In 2007, he claimed Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane urgently needed desalination plants because rainfall levels were not enough to fill dams
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Despite recent floods, the commission says droughts and excess rains will persist with Australia's south getting drier.
Professor Flannery blamed the GFC for any waning of public support for climate action but he believed people still felt strongly about the issue.
"People have got immediate short term concerns," he said. "Quite rightly, they're front of mind for most people.
"It doesn't mean they give away the long term issues they've got to deal with."
Fellow commissioner Will Steffen said there had been "a lot of confusion and misinformation" and he likened the climate to being on "steroids" and said droughts and rain events in future would be more severe.
The commissioners will face a town hall meeting at Parramatta RSL club tonight.