ipcc con job?, page-35

mowibble, there could be some truth in what you say. Took banning of smoking in the workplace and people insisting I go outside to have a fag before I finally quit, so in my case, it was social reasons more than health reasons - lol.

Also, I should have pointed out in the Amazon reference, that it states a pre-condition for change in the rainforest - namely that based on evidence of the past, it COULD happen that way in the future (with a likely upper limit) IF precipitation falls off slightly.

As Flats noted, the IPCC pointed out that this might or might not happen, with five of the models at the time predicting more precipitation, three predicting no change and four predicting less precipitation in that particular locality. (I'm assuming Flats account is accurate as I've no reason to doubt it, but haven't checked it myself at this point.)

I would still prefer to know the likely worst case scenario and not remain under an illusion that nothing is going to change in the world. For example, it is likely that much of Victoria will in future be hotter and drier. That makes it worth designing a garden for that eventuality and investing in a rainwater tank and making sure the fire plan is kept up to date. No harm no foul if it doesn't happen that way, but the research suggests it likely and this is supported by the weather patterns of the past decade and longer.