May 12 2008
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/food_for_thought_on_warming_scare/
AUSTRALIAN agricultural output will double over the next 40 years, with
climate change predicted to increase, rather than hinder, the level of
production. A recent spate of re****ts forecasting the decline of
Australian agriculture because of climate change have greatly
exaggerated, and even completely misre****ted the threat of global
warming, according to senior rural industry figures.
Gee, who might have irresponsibly flogged that fake scare?
Predictions of a 20 per cent drop in farm production by mid-century were
cited by Kevin Rudd and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke as justification
for Australia's signing of the Kyoto Protocol.
No kidding. But surely the bureacracy ignored the hype and stuck to the
facts?
(Australian Farm Institute boss Mick) Keogh, a well-respected industry
figure, said much of the media re****ting on the recent ABARE re****t
Climate Change: Impacts On Australian Agriculture, was so misleading it
risked eroding industry confidence in public research agencies. He said
the ABARE re****t chose a series of highly unlikely worst-case climate
change scenarios.
Oh. And what obvious facts might these scaremongers have overlooked?
In fact, Mr Keogh says, if global warming does occur, some areas such as
southeast Queensland will receive more rain, and as a result will
greatly benefit. Recent research has shown increased carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere lifts plant production by up to 30 per cent in a
phenomenon known as carbon fertilisation.
Gee. Who would have thought of that?
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Regards
Bonzo
"A lot of environmental messages are simply not accurate. But that's the
way we sell messages in this society. We use hype. And we use those
pieces of information that sustain our position." Professor Jerry
Franklin, Ecologist, University of Wa****ngton
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