tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post116227461943747439..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: The Stern Report: Selective modelling?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1162332484780970592006-11-01T11:08:00.000+13:002006-11-01T11:08:00.000+13:00Polemic, you said: "W/regards the Stern Report - t...Polemic, you said: <I>"W/regards the Stern Report - the point was to calculate the maximum potential effect of global warming...."</I><BR/><BR/>Well, no it wasn't. From the <A HREF="http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_backgroundtoreview.cfm" REL="nofollow">Terms of Reference</A> for the report:<BR/><BR/>"Examine the evidence on... 2.)The economic, social and environmental consequences of climate change in both developed and developing countries, taking into account the risks of increased climate volatility and major irreversible impacts, and the climatic interaction with other air pollutants, as well as possible actions to adapt to the changing climate and the costs associated with them;"<BR/><BR/>That's not quite the same thing as looking only at the most extreme scenario at the most horrendous discount rate, and only calculating that.<BR/><BR/><I>"That you, the media, and politicians choose to misinterpret the findings isn't the fault of the scientists."</I><BR/><BR/>No, it's not. But they still do, don't they. And Stern is an economist, by the way, not a scientist (and I, of course, are neither).<BR/><BR/><I>" "The socialists tax the capitalists to sustain the poorest."<BR/><BR/>Partly, yes. The majority of people don't have a problem with that."</I><BR/><BR/>May I remind you of George Bernard Shaw's observation: "Anyone who promises to rob Peter to pay Paul can always expect to get the support of Paul."<BR/><BR/>And PJ O'Rourke: "Democracy will fail when people begin to think they can vote themselves rich."<BR/><BR/>And Bill Weddell: "Democracy is the counting of heads regardless of content."Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1162322711922395512006-11-01T08:25:00.000+13:002006-11-01T08:25:00.000+13:00The socialists tax the capitalists to sustain the ...<I>The socialists tax the capitalists to sustain the poorest.</I><BR/><BR/>Partly, yes. The majority of people don't have a problem with that.<BR/><BR/>W/regards the Stern Report - the point was to calculate the maximum <I>potential</I> effect of global warming. Selecting the medium high scenario is a valid methodology. <BR/><BR/>That you, the media, and politicians choose to misinterpret the findings isn't the fault of the scientists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-1162290638370823532006-10-31T23:30:00.000+13:002006-10-31T23:30:00.000+13:00Global warming is a fictitious and dangerous weapo...Global warming is a fictitious and dangerous weapon of "mass deception"<BR/><BR/>The socialists tax the capitalists to <BR/>sustain the poorest.Rebel Radiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651727549510158967noreply@blogger.com