A wonderful moment on the ABC this week, when a report on eco alarmist Tim Flannery was accompanied with subtitles he failed to predict three years ago:
We're already seeing the initial impacts and they include a decline in the winter rainfall zone across southern Australia, which is clearly an impact of climate change, but also a decrease in run-off. Although we're getting say a 20 per cent decrease in rainfall in some areas of Australia, that's translating to a 60 per cent decrease in the run-off into the dams and rivers. That's because the soil is warmer because of global warming and the plants are under more stress and therefore using more moisture. So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems, and that's a real worry for the people in the bush.
This quote comes from ABC television, too. Now for the ABC to run both it and the subtitle together to fully hold this veteran alarmist to account.
(Thanks to reader Lloyd.)
Published on January 06, 2011 07:22