And is the 26% figure more than the dutch government's facts that were printed in the original article that this one refers to?

By larry | February 14, 2010 7:05 PM

With so many non-believers of climate change out there looking for any excuse to discredit environmental preservation efforts, one would think the so called "Climate Experts" would make it their priority to get their facts and statistics right.

By Buzzer | February 15, 2010 4:16 PM

Terrific! So the blue-ribbon legion of scientist who seek to divert billions of dollars of public money into climate change abatement get their scientific data from government reports...

By otropogo | February 15, 2010 4:21 PM

a correction statement from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency -http://www.pbl.nl/en/dossiers/Climatechange/content/correction-wording-flood-risks.html

By kiyan | February 15, 2010 6:22 PM

@otropopo
Can you tell me where do you want to spent the "wasted" money on climate change issue? Even if there would be no climate change you better make some investement in the future as oil and gas will be exhausted one day. So nothing is "wasted" !

By Mika | February 16, 2010 9:19 AM

@Mika
The funds being spent presently are not an investment in any way. Scientific research into climatic factors has been effectively stifled for more than a decade and replaced by a huge propaganda effort. The long-term damage to the integrity of scientific research generally is incalculable, as young scientists are taught they must avoid controversy and run with the flock.

The "investments" made and proposed are in unproven technology that promises to become a bottomless pit for public funds, while urgently needed research and development goes begging.

We still lack a means of disposing of the accumulated nuclear waste on earth, let alone waste that will be produced by new plants.

People are still stepping on unexploded landmines in many parts of the world, malaria is killing millions, and we are still without a method of intercepting meteorites that cross earth's path. A new ice age is much more likely to end civilization, and very quickly, than warming climate, and hobbling our global economy will worsen our capacity to survive that eventuality.

Read the book "Red Hot Lies", by Christopher C. Horner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQHXrTgmPbo

By otropogo | February 17, 2010 4:47 PM