On Jul 25, 9:13 pm, James Annan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Tobis wrote:
> > Hansen begins a popular article thus:
>
> > "I find it almost inconceivable that "business as usual" climate
> > change will not result in a rise in sea level measured in metres
> > within a century. Am I the only scientist who thinks so?"
>
> I would think so, yes.
>
> Well, maybe not the only one. But if a significant proportion of the
> IPCC authors agreed, it is surely even more inconceivable that they
> would have brushed such a critical aspect of climate change under the
> carpet in the way they did (by presenting figures which excluded any
> assessment of ice sheet collapse).
>
> James
You have not publicly offered to take his bet yet? You much be
slipping.
1K+donut.
You might even get him to bet that sea level rise doubles in the next
decade, eliminating the need for cryonic preservation to collect on
the
bet.
You might get him to throw in a cup of Starbucks in 2100, thereby
almost doubling the size of the bet.
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