On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, Michael Tobis wrote:
> This is another "No SUVs on Mars" herring. Just because A is a claimed
> cause of B does not mean all incidents of B are claimed to be due to
> A.
>
> Anyway...
>
> I don't think increased incidence of drought is considered a reliable
> prediction by IPCC. It happens I was just reading the USGCRP 2000
> report on climate impacts on water resources.

Indeed. Anything that starts off "Al Gore said..." rather than "The IPCC 
says..." is dubious. But then again, why is Gore burbling about droughts 
without 
something to back him up?

-W.

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