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The inimitable Vernon Coleman on "climate change"

#1

No need to agree with everything he says but he does pull out some interesting facts.

  • IPCC says by 2100, global GDP could be reduced by up to 5% but global economy will up to 500% larger, hence climate change effects will be negligable

  • The plot started off as “global warming” but had to change the name when it became clear the planet was cooling

  • IPCC says sea levels could rise 2 feet by 2100. Yet 2/3 of the Netherlands has always been below sea level and some of it up to 60 feet below

  • 2004 The Observer said we would have a Siberian climate by 2020, 2007 we were warned we had 5 years to save the planet, in 2009 Gordon Brown said we had 50 days left, in 2011 the international energy agency said 5 years left, in 2013 a Cambridge professor said all the Artic ice would be gone by 2015 and in 2017 the UN said 3 years left

  • Average annual acreage of American forest lost to fire is now around 6.6 million. In 1928, the average was over 40 million

Worth a listen as he also has a few dry jokes in there.

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#2

“I’ve noticed that sunset seems to be getting earlier every day at the moment and was wondering: if I wore a flowing red gown and did some ‘expressive dance’ might that wake people up BEFORE ITS TOO LATE? My agent can provide glowing references from previous gigs at fracking sites, Sarah Everard flash mob, UCL Rag Week, etc. Phone Whitehall 1212”

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