(For those of you who aren’t familiar with Emily Littella)
From Tom Nelson:
President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik today said though Maldives faces the dangers of climate change, the country would not be submerged in the Indian Ocean.
Speaking to Sri Lankan businessmen this morning during his current visit to Sri Lanka, President stressed that Maldives can be sustained through efforts to avert the dangers of climate change.
“First of all, I want give you a bit of good news. The good news is that the Maldives is not about to disappear,” President Waheed said countering the claims by his predecessor that the Maldives would be be completely submerged in the near future.
He added that foreign investors were concerned with the talks of a submerged Maldives.
Told you so: Message to Maldives president Mohammed Nasheed: your claims are BS
Maybe this announcement has something to do with it. Note the Maldives shiny new half a billion dollar golf course:
Follow the money, find the lies. It was never about sea level, or climate refugees, or disappearing islands…it is all about wealth transfer. Whine loud enough to the U.N. that those other big meanie countries are making the sea rise, and they’ll toss money your way. Say it too much, and the investors stay away.
Liars, liars, liars all.
h/t to Mark Welter
5 Levels? I thought Hell had 9 levels…
Shucks.
They saved the country by changing their president ? interesting
No, say it isn’t so? I thought they were in dire straits and just had a man made disease////////// sarc
“The Greenstar, a star shaped floating convention hotel.
The Greenstar will blend-in naturally with the existing surrounding islands.
The green covered star-shape building symbolizes Maldivians innovative route to conquer climate change. This will become the no 1 location for conventions about climate change, water management and sustainability. A unique Floating Restaurant Island will be built next to it.”
Ha ha ha ha, for 350 million pounds ha ha ha, Try 20 times that. This is a huge con, none of it will ever be built, but 10s of millions will be wasted on feasibility studies and large corporate salaries. Lol, the number one location for conventions about climate change, water management and sustainability,
These people make me sick!
“History recalls how great the fall can be
While everybody’s sleeping, the boats put out to sea
Borne on the wings of time
It seemed the answers were so easy to find
“To late,” the prophets (profits) cry
The island’s sinking, let’s take to the sky”
Or, indeed, the golf course.
“Called the man a fool, stripped him of his pride
Everyone was laughing up until the day he died”
Supertramp — in the appropriately-named Fool’s Overture.
I will never visit the Maldives, even if it was the last habitable place on earth – the lying, cheating, weaseling bar stewards (the Maldives government that is – getting fatter on the UN donations) but the ordinary Maldives folk are probably still on the bread line………..shame, shame and double shame!
Eh?
Say it too much, and the investors stay away.
Liars, liars, liars all.
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So you’re saying they are lying to these investors to get money? Which means they are telling the truth about sea level rise?
I’m am so confused.
I wonder if this is the first official backoff on the Gaian credo? The first government official who openly says “We were wrong”?
Canada, of course, has backed off in a practical way by drastically cutting funds, but PM Harper is still paying lip service to the full theory. That’s the normal way: journalists and politicians never admit guilt even after they stop committing crimes.
I think I am starting to understand the rules now:
If you want money from the IPPC – there is global warming.
If you want money from private enterprise – there isn’t.
Anthony-you watched way too much SNL as a kid.
That being said, I’m sure NOBODY noticed that “Watts Up With That” is a rip-off of a skit on SNL (of a shockingly similar title.) . OOOPS!
Yes around a Billion Pounds for Ten Vale Class Carriers, that is correct, and lo they cost about 100 million pounds each. still as was remarked by others they’d need at least ten bulk carriers, worth steel & the size to float such an island complex. So yes it’s still a billion pounds and yet to build the superstucture on it. Of course the water in the centre lagoon of a coral atoll isn’t that deep, and so why do the islands need to “float” anyway.
Isn’t this a basic misunderstanding by the Dutch so called Architects as to what a coral atoll actually is, and how it evolves ??? remember that US congressman, who seriously thought that it could be possible to “capsize” a coral island, by putting too many buildings on the one side. He thought it was like a large floating raft….. those face-palm people !
Axel says:
August 24, 2012 at 1:11 pm
These floating islands, are merely a Dutch Architect’s Fantasy, and do not exist beyound the drawing board, and artist’s photoshop rendering. ……………
Who will pay the Billions of pounds which are actually required to bring the Dutchmens fantasy to life. Which “shipyards” can build giant floating islands for less than the cost of a single freight carrier ship, a fraction of the size of these proposed “islands”? The numbers don’t add up for me. To put things in perspective, a Chinese built “Vale Class” Freighter which measures approx 360 Metres (Bow to Stern), by 65 Metres (Across the Beam), cost more that a Billion Pounds to construct. Whither now the £350 Million golf course in the Maldives?
Axel,
Hope Floats.!
So do ‘hot steamers’ in the swimming pool………
None of this is reality based. It is a classic con. Shake ’em down (who ever is dumb enough to buy this con), get the money, and live fat off of the marks. It works for Green Peace, the Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, the Humane Society, and other classic cons. It will work for the Maldives.
MtK
Barbee says:
August 24, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Anthony-you watched way too much SNL as a kid.
That being said, I’m sure NOBODY noticed that “Watts Up With That” is a rip-off of a skit on SNL (of a shockingly similar title.) . OOOPS!
Barbee,
Correlation (by your personal assertion of a SNL ‘rip-off) does not establish ’cause and effect’!
Fail…..
MtK
Barbee says:
August 24, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Anthony’s was first, Barbee.
For this price, the Maldivians will be fortunate to build a floating Mini-Putt.
Note to polistra August 24, 2012 at 5:54 pm
PM Harper has to play along with the leftist imbeciles that dominate Canadian politics in the more populous Eastern provinces.
These Pavlovian lefties are convinced that everyone who opposes global warming BS is a neo-Nazi, tobacco-chewing biker thug, financially supported by Big Oil.
The “Pavlovians” are typically educated in the liberal arts, work for the government, and are convinced that if everyone worked in a government job the economy would perk along just fine. They are oblivious to the fact that they produce nothing of tangible value for society.
Enjoy the weekend. 🙂
Did anyone ever really believe that the Maldives Govt was concerned about climate change. Their response to the imminent danger posed by CO2 was to build an international airport to increase tourism. All that has now happened is that they have done the maths (math to our US friends) and worked out that they will get more money from gullible investors than agenda-driven supra-national aid agencies.
A shrewd business move but I hope they fall flat on their face between the stools.
Anthony:
Emily Littella: “What’s all this fuss about the dangers of climate worming ?”
Indeed, Axel. Meanwhile, the lunatics here in successive Scottish governments continue to peddle the same garbage:
“The Maldives face a very real threat from rising sea levels and I share President Nasheed’s ambition to prevent the environmental disaster and human rights catastrophe that would befall the islands should the world fail to tackle this problem.
“Scotland is a small country that is making a big difference on the global challenge of climate change through developing the technology and capacity – in renewables, in carbon capture, in energy efficiency measures – to reduce emissions and reduce the effects of global warming.
“Our Climate Change Act is the most ambitious in the industrialised world, committing to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 42 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020 and by 80 per cent by 2050. Scotland also has 25 per cent of Europe’s offshore wind and tidal resources and 10 per cent of wave potential and the capacity make a significant difference in meeting universal climate change goals.
“The Scottish Government recognises that harnessing Scotland’s rich wind and marine resources and technological expertise can create thousands of green jobs and deliver significant environmental benefits for the wider world.
“The signing of this partnership agreement will see Scotland support President Nasheed and The Maldives to become the world’s first carbon neutral country and in turn create a greener, more sustainable future for our planet.”
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/12/15141113
That was a Dec 2009 declaration. It’s now aimed at a further ‘world-leading’ 50% CO_2 reduction by 2020. Oh, and aye, what’s the new presidents name, Alex?
Can we have our money back?…cash please no cheques.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but he is almost certainly wrong about that. Thanks to tectonic shifting, the Indian plate continues to smash into Asia (another Wicki) …
To sum up, the Maldives are riding a slow but unstoppable freight train straight into the fires of hell underneath Asia where they will be summarily recycled as liquid hot magma and ejected at the nearest convenient volcano, their ashes scattered into the stratosphere. If they look real hard they might notice that the north ends of their islands are sinking just a tad faster then the south. They are gonna have to sue Alfred Wegener. I just wish they would sink faster. Buh Bye.
BTW, Steve Goddard found a nice old newspaper article discussing these islands back in 1837 …
ACCOUNT OF THE MALDIVES. The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : Friday 17 February 1837)
cui bono says: August 24, 2012 at 10:47 am
“What I don’t understand is how the Maldives (average elevation 5 feet) survived the tsunami.”
Probably has to do with the fact that tsunami’s start as very long waves with little height, that only get disastrous when they meet a coast line, where the little height and long wavelenght finally ruin the land it meets. The water just keeps on coming when it finally hits land, leading to a monster wave. The tsunami waves probably just passed the Maldives, with little effect, since most of the wave didn’t hit the land and the part that did could just flow mostly left and right of the isles.
That’s my thought. I could be very wrong. It makes sense to me though, given what I read about tsunamis in general.
gringojay said: (August 24, 2012 at 12:37 pm)
… Lootah Hotel Management (Dubai) plans of US$85 million resort…. Abdulla Saeed (Kalaidhu) : “We are pleased to be partnering with the pioneer of Islamic hospitality in the UAE….”
I just KNEW the University of Anglia East would be implicated in all this!
Here you have the law of unintended consequences at work. “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!”
Oh really?
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/06/02/tuvalu-and-many-other-south-pacific-islands-are-not-sinking-claims-they-are-due-to-global-warming-driven-sea-level-rise-are-opportunistic/
And finally, maybe someone knows where the building materials for the new golf course are going to come from? Why is the Maldives encouraging tourist to come in by plane thus worsening their previously alleged plight. There are lies, there are damned lies then there’s climate science BS.
/end rant/