1/31/2007
SYDNEY, Australia — Average temperatures in Sydney will rise by about 9 degrees during the next 65 years, with devastating consequences including 1,300 more heat-related deaths per year, according to a government study released Wednesday.
With Australia gripped by its worst drought on record, the issue of climate changehas emerged as a battleground in this year’s national elections. Prime Minister John Howard has come under renewed criticism for not ratifying the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, making Australia the only major industrial nation other than the U.S. to reject the treaty that mandates lower emissions of global-warming greenhouse gases.
Howard did not comment on the study, which was commissioned by New South Wales, the state that includes Sydney, Australia’s largest city.
But New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma called the report “frightening reading” and said the federal government “can no longer put its head in the sand on this issue.”Iemma is a member of the Labor Party, which is hoping to oust Howard’s conservative coalition in elections later this year.
Summer temps could rise 13 degrees
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia’s main scientific group, said average annual temperatures in Sydney will rise from the current 78.8 to around 88 by 2070.Sydney warned of warming spike – World news – World environment – msnbc.com
Meanwhile, back in the real world – outside of James Hansen’s psychotic brain.
11 APR 2012
Sydney feels big chill
North shore residents endured a chilling vision of the winter to come this week, with reports claiming temperatures have dropped to an 80 year low over the past two days.
According to weatherzone.com.au, temperatures recorded this morning and yesterday morning are the coldest to be recorded this early in the year since 1933.
Sydney feels big chill – Environment – News – North Shore Times
You can buy air conditioners from China (not far) for less than $100 on sale.
Mount it in the window on a lazy susan and spin it 180 degrees when you want heat.
For less than $100 per house… too hot or too cold…. problem solved.
Don’t suggest it!
If you added a solar panel, this is exactly the sort of thing that the current Australian government would embrace.
If the 9C in 65 years was accurate it should be about .7C warmer now already, as opposed to it being… cooler…
funny..cos when KRudd got in he ratified Kyoto and ruined many peoples livelihoods,
the the Liar backstabbed him and is hell bent on driving the rest of us broke and in the dark..
Labor party in aus may not be elected again in my lifetime at this rate:-)
and the greens fall will be as meteoric as their rise was.