Our newly-minted Secretary of Energy says that unless we do something about global warming, there will be no agriculture in California a hundred years from now.
Is this claim part of the IPCC predictions, or is this an independent assessment by a laser guy? Okay, that’s a bit unfair, inasmuch as Steve Chu has been involved in climate change lobbying for a number of years. But it seems only inches short of the wilder “Earth has a fever” brand of climate zealotry. Is this really science “restored to its rightful place“? Or is this some guardian of a partisan viewpoint trying to spread the gospel? Plus ça change….
But I still find it baffling that people think they can project not only what climate will be like in 100 years, but also technology. Imagine someone in 1909 proposing drastic government-mandated restrictions on electricity production because numerical models indicate that coal reserves need to be conserved for use on steamships and railroads… or that the major capitals of the world should begin a phased depopulation because horse dung will be choking the streets of 2009….