Another Study
"Almost 63,000 Bay of Plenty residents live in locations exposed to flooding from 1 in 100 year rainfall events new research led by Earth Sciences NZ reveals.
This number could increase to 72,500 with a further 3 degrees of warming.
Researchers modelled scenarios on the current climate and with an additional 3 degrees of warming for all parts of the country as part of a five year research programme studying flood risk.
Is this the right approach to living in a country that is subject to rain events from time to time. They happen .New Zealanders know this.
Suddenly we have modelling that can be played around with for five years to come up with answers that could have been sourced from history. Could have been sourced from a wealth of experience held in the minds and hearts of residents or engineers who existed in a past time.
The huge fault with this gross expenditure of money is the assumption that the world will experience warming and to be specific, targeting 3 degrees warming as a benchmark scenario.
I mean it's good work if you can get it.
Mention of the 'current climate' is interesting. Another assumption that we have a a current climate as opposed to a changing climate.
The time factor is ignored in small minds.
It is hard to believe that five years has been spent trying to understand nature.
I guess it's hard to perceive time , especially if your young .Try asking some questions about space and time may come in to perspective.
What if the world experiences a cooling scenario in the future?
What about 0 degrees change ?
It will not matter if the temperature goes up or down we will continue to experience weather events. They are natural occurrences
Us human beans have reacted to the weather since time immemorial .The weather is a continual challenge .We have built structures to fight nature. Sometimes winning. Sometimes losing.
Studies such as this five year justification for existence , are going to cause more expenditure that will cause more fear and nothing in the way of solutions.
