Preposterous Projection By German Green Party Chancellor Candidate: 7 Meters Sea Level Rise By 2100!

German Green Party chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock warn sea levels will rise 7 meters by the year 2100…

The German Greens, who weeks earlier surged to the No. 1 position in opinion polls, before falling back behind the socialists and conservatives, like to tell us that we have to follow the science when it comes to policymaking.

That wouldn’t be bad advice, were it not for all the absurd alarmist science out there.

Huge debate gaffe

One example of obscenely absurd junk alarmist science was witnessed during last Sunday evening’s televised debate in the run-up to the September 26 German national elections. Green Party chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock couldn’t resist the temptation of scaring voters to vote for her Green Party.

She told millions of viewers that global sea levels would rise 7 meters (way over 20 feet) by the year 2100 (unless they voted for her)!

Seven meters of course is far beyond even what the most alarmist experts, like Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute or the NOAA project.

Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock’s grossly absurd sea level rise projection compared to scenarios by the NOAA. Many scientists see a rise of only under 0.4 meters, which is a tiny fraction of Baerbock’s preposterous 7 meters.

Die kalte Sonne here comments on Baerbock’s ROTFLMAO claim made during the televised debate:

“The Greens, a party of science? We have deliberately refrained here from evaluating the three encounters between the candidates for chancellor and the candidate so far. We will make an exception for the last debate before the election. It is about a statement by Annalena Baerbock that the sea level will rise by 7 meters by 2100:

‘You are telling a child born today who is 80 years old in 2100, 7 meters of sea rise.’

She presumably means the rise in sea level; we  chalk it up to her word-finding disorder. Baerbock was apparently referring to a study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a university in Norway. The study has been circulating since May. It contains everything one might expect from PIK, namely many tipping points and lots of subjunctives.

Baerbock, however, took it at face value and not as a scenario, by the way, one that the IPCC in its latest report does not even provide for according to the most implausible scenario RCP 8.5. What a pity that the moderators do not prepare themselves for such a program and intervene immediately. Thus, many viewers will probably have already taken a look at the elevation maps of their place of residence, because Annalena Baerbock proclaims an outsider’s thesis as the new truth. It lies thereby however around the factor 7 over the already unrealistic prognosis of the IPCC. No matter, just go after votes with a little fear.”




6 responses to “Preposterous Projection By German Green Party Chancellor Candidate: 7 Meters Sea Level Rise By 2100!”

  1. Richard Greene

    7 meters ?
    Not enough decimal places.
    So that number is baloney.

    7.248 meters would have been believable.
    That’s three decimal places = real science !

    These politicians have failed to learn
    “decimal place science”.

    More decimal places = better science.
    Any scientist knows that.
    It’s settled science.

  2. John F Hultquist

    She looks sane.
    Where did she go wrong?
    I wonder, is it possible to hold just one crazy notion?
    Did she mention others?

  3. RoHa

    We are most definitely doomed.

  4. Lasse

    Cuxhafen has a long record suitable for some examination:
    https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?plot=50yr&id=140-012

    1910 3,47 mm/Year
    1990 2,04 mm/Year

    She has a bad trend to fight!
    Die Grune ist ein lugenpartie 😉

  5. bonbon

    Basic training for any interview :

    Interview Nightmare ~ Bob Newhart ~ (should have read his book!)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2H-9OmErYQ

    Voters should actually read manifesto’s, then the laughter stops!

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