Monday, October 26, 2009

Death to Adelaide! Again and again and again.

From Tim Blair:
2007:
Environmental researcher Tim Flannery has warned that Brisbane and Adelaide – home to a combined total of three million people – could run out of water by year’s end.
 
2008:
The water problem is so severe for Adelaide that it may run out of water by early 2009.
 
2009:
Our fifth-largest city, Adelaide, may be out of drinking water next year.

Let’s put money on it this time. Your call, Flannery. Any amount.
 
UPDATE. He do offset! Further from the interview in which Flannery makes his latest annual death-to-Adelaide prediction:
AMY GOODMAN: Well, Tim, as you head off to the airport to increase your carbon footprint, we’ll let you go, because I know you have to catch that flight. Tim Flannery, Australian—

TIM FLANNERY: Thank you, Amy. I do offset.

He probably gets a bulk discount.

UPDATE II. Keep up with the science, man! According to a study released last month:
The average Australian now emits more carbon dioxide than the average American – which means Australia has surpassed the United States, claiming the dubious distinction of world’s largest per-capita carbon emitter.
 
Yes! But in the LA Times, Flannery claims:
The U.S. remains the biggest per capita carbon emitter in the world …
Don’t talk us down, Perfesser. That’s our title. We’ve earned it.

I don't know how Flummery continues to get away with it or why anybody still takes him seriously.

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