Australia real estate developer enlists prominent climate science deniers in fight against ‘worldwide idiocy about sea level rises’
By Ben Cubby
6 March 2012 CRACKS are appearing in the state’s response to rising sea levels, with one council facing potential legal action from a developer and other residents worried about planning controls and insurance risks. Lake Macquarie Council recently updated its recommendations for about 10,000 people living up to three metres above the average sea level. All their properties could be exposed to inundation and increased flood risks by the end of the century, according to guidelines developed by the CSIRO. But a property developer, Jeff McCloy, said he was contemplating leading a class action suit against the council, which he said was ”falling for this unjustified, worldwide idiocy about sea level rises”. Mr McCloy recently arranged for climate change sceptics Ian Plimer, Bob Carter and David Archibald to address residents and councillors, and said the presentation seemed to convince many people there was nothing to worry about. It comes as the NSW government reassesses its plans regarding sea level rises, including the possibility of a moratorium on sea level-related planning restrictions until more studies are done. Mr McCloy is seeking to gain approval for a subdivision of 24 homes that is likely to be affected by the Lake Macquarie planning guidelines. ”This is not about me though; this is about the poor little property owner who had had hundreds of thousands of dollars knocked off the value of their property,” Mr McCloy said. He said he had studied sea level rise on the internet and concluded it was rising at only a very slow rate, and that rate had slowed in the past decade, so any planning restrictions were unjustified. [Obviously, he didn’t check out Desdemona’s collection of sea level stories.] Lake Macquarie Council said its guidelines were based on rational science.
”Our position is informed by the available evidence,” said the council’s sustainability manager, Alice Howe. […]
Willful stupidity coupled with greed and human centricism makes for a bad combination in any human being.
The sea level rise is increasing and is well documented, so this moron is cherry picking data from the climate terrorists websites.
No surprise there, I've yet to visit one of these denialist sites that doesn't do this.
These are the type of effects that denialist website are having, helping to cause untold damage and billions in losses by passing out bad information. But everyone is self-responsible to wade through the lies and the deception and come to the truth of the matter, which is now "in your face" obvious. ~Survival Acres~
In the U.S. there is a lot of talk about future budget deficits being driven by unfunded liabilities, i.e. Medicare and Social Security programs. There are some new analyses coming out showing that with sea level rise, the unfunded liabilities associated with the Federal Flood Insurance program will dwarf these.
Sea level rise is a swindle which is yet to come. The sea levels are receding worldwide and have been doing so for a long time. It is a large international swindle intended to be the final subjugation of the small Island Nations around the world. If you think this is impossible just be aware that there are over twenty thousand Small Island States around the world who are running scared of rising seas. The IMF and other International lenders are getting ready to lend them funds to shore up their coastal defenses against rising seas an eventuality that will not happen because the seas are receding. So this rezoning in Australia is a ploy to capture ocean front lands at cheap prices. That is why large couuntries are not concerned about rising seas because they will provide the loan funds to the small gullible Island States who have swollowed the hype hook line and sinker. See "The Mysterious Receding Seas" on Google and http://www.youtube.com Richard Guy
There is a large scale swindle being perpetrated in Australia on Australians and that is the coastal rezoning. It is a ploy to deprive owners of coastal lands of their lands at largely reduced rates. It is an insidious swindle that will have serious repercussions worldwide because it is a falsehood. Sea levels are falling all over the Planet and I have proof(three books and numerous documented accounts) This Developer should fight the zoning ordinances to a standstill and I will furnins the proof he needs. See my vidoes "The Mysterious Receding Seas" on http://www.youtube and my book" The Mysterious Receding Seas" on Google. Dont buy this stupid hype of rising seas its a lie plain and simple. Richard Guy