Tag Archives: GDP

Quick correction to Tol (2009)

Posted on October 19, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

Apparently one of the numbers used by Tol (2009) to estimate the Economic Effects of Climate Change is incorrect. Chris Hope’s 2006 study actually predicted a -0.9 % change in GDP for a 2.5oC rise in temperature (since 2009) not … Continue reading →

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Watt about the 100:1?

Posted on September 18, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I really thought that maybe Watts Up With That (WUWT) was keeping quiet about Topher Field’s 50-to-1 video project because they’d realised just how silly the actual calculation was. Oh, how wrong I was. There is now a new post … Continue reading →

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50 times more expensive! Don’t make me laugh!

Posted on September 3, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wasn’t going to discuss Topher Field’s 50-to-1 project as the premise is rather ridiculous and I don’t really want to give it any undue publicity. However, it sometimes seems better to at least try and address such things so … Continue reading →

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