Re: inflation and flooding?

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:22:09 +0100, Tim wrote:
whitely525@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
This really makes me chuckle. Not long ago the eco-
doom merchants were warning us that the resevoirs
were empty and we would have to stop flushing the
toilet etc. . And it was all down to global warming...!

"Jonathan Bryce" wrote
Chuckle all you like, but it is true.

Global warming means more extreme weather conditions,
so it will vary between drought and extreme flooding.

That's really quite clever, isn't it?
Invent something which, if true, would cause either of two
opposing events. Then, when one of them happens (either
one, or even both!), that obviously proves that it is true!!

Yes, but don't forget that the climate change studies take
_averages_ over long periods to show trends. On that basis
the heatwave last summer and the floods this year may even
cancel eachother out.
Conclusion: the weather hasn't changed!!!

We shall now discuss the dangers of merely looking at average
values and discarding the outliers in the data set.

Pete

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