Posts tagged…Model

Climate models do not justify even precautionary action

Sun, May 11 2008

In an article that is itself a model of its kind, Patrick Frank shows that the documented uncertainties in General Circulation Models (GCMs) are so large that it is impossible they could make falsifiable predictions of the climate, even over the next few years. Illusory precision in the IPCC's trend lines, he points out, does not amount to accuracy and does not support the sort of precautionary…

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The Garnaut Climate Review Interim Report—I’m not convinced

Fri, Feb 22 2008

HadCrutAnomaly1850-2008_Tmb.gifMy difficulty with the Interim report of the Garnaut Climate Change Review is that it is headed toward a recommendation that looks disproportionate to the climate risk.

Publicly available data on climate change does not seem to call for extreme measures such as a 70% to 90% cut in Australia's carbon emissions. This data has not been examined by the Garnaut team because it's not their business to…

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Beginning of the end for rigged aviation markets?

Mon, Oct 17 2005

Back to the future: an Australia-Japan FTA

Sun, Oct 02 2005

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