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If their islands are drowning, why is the real estate so dear?
Melbourne Herald Sun ^ | December 13, 2010 | Andrew Bolt

Posted on 12/12/2010 1:22:17 PM PST by CT

‘Mr Prime Minister. In view of the impending deluge, how much have land prices fallen on Tuvalu?‘ I stammered.

For some reason my question completely silenced the room packed with environmental press. After what I will charitably call an inquisitive stare, the prime minister gave his longwinded answer full of long-term projections of rising ocean levels. To be fair, he concluded with a simple declaration: ‘Land prices have not been affected.’

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andrewbolt; globalwarming; risingoceans; tuvalu
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I'll bet that room full of global alarmists choked on their caviar.
1 posted on 12/12/2010 1:22:24 PM PST by CT
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I suppose you could take a Supply and Demand view here. As the land area shrinks (Supply) and the Demand remains constant (number of inhabitants) that prices will rapidly increase. In fact, as Supply shrinks to an infinitesimal amount, Price should soar infinitely high! Presuming, of course, that the inhabitants don’t get while the getting is good. But I predict that they will stick around as long as possible — why leave and abandon all hope of “Sticking it to the West” and collecting your massive Western-Guilt Global Warming Scam windfall?


2 posted on 12/12/2010 1:31:22 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: CT

Gee better ask Al Gore why he recently paid $9 million for a seaside mansion in California when according to his BS it will soon be under water.


3 posted on 12/12/2010 1:31:40 PM PST by The Great RJ (The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
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To: CT

The entire government of Tuvalu exists as an extortion racket of larger countries. That’s it.


4 posted on 12/12/2010 1:35:11 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: The Great RJ
AL GORE: "Every penny that I have made, I have put right into a non-profit deal, Alliance For Climate Protection, to spread awareness of why we have to take on this challenge. And Congresswomen, if your, if, if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you do not know me."


5 posted on 12/12/2010 1:47:40 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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Nice place.

Perfect for entertaining twenty-something bimbos.

6 posted on 12/12/2010 2:10:16 PM PST by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: CT

Land prices remain high, because...carpe diem. It’s the last days of Pompeii. Yeah. That’s the ticket. Nobody will ever be able to enjoy a vacation in Tuvalu after it sinks into the ocean, so it’s supply and demand. And on that basis, banks will give you a 30-year mortgage at the appraised carpe diem value, and you’ll supply 10% of the money plus closing costs.


7 posted on 12/12/2010 2:16:50 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XrRyqses5U)
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To: CT

So it’s a “shrinking asset” that isn’t really shrinking...


8 posted on 12/12/2010 2:19:55 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: CT

As I understand it, land prices are falling in Arizona and Nevada. Both states have large deserts. Is it possible that the sand is rising faster than the water?


9 posted on 12/12/2010 2:22:04 PM PST by Tom D. (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benj. Franklin)
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To: BenLurkin

That is the home of a person with not a greedy bone in his body. /sarc


10 posted on 12/12/2010 2:39:03 PM PST by BipolarBob (Even the earth is bipolar.)
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To: CT
Why is this even a news item any more?

I believe the following pretty much made mush of that dead horse...

Devastating Rising Sea Level Fraud Rebuttal --- by a real Science Expert

11 posted on 12/12/2010 2:42:39 PM PST by Publius6961 ("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
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To: BenLurkin
And Congresswomen, if your, if, if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you do not know me."

He's right, you know. It's not greed.

It's a perfect storm of a combination of do-goodism, stupidity, and ignorance.
Ever wonder why his high school and college grades have never been revealed?

Bless his li'l ol' heart!

12 posted on 12/12/2010 2:47:08 PM PST by Publius6961 ("In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won.")
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To: Publius6961
There is also this:

Coral islands left high and dry

13 posted on 12/12/2010 2:49:02 PM PST by PhilipFreneau
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To: CT

If... Then...

If the first premise is false, then... the second statement can be true.


14 posted on 12/12/2010 3:08:58 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: Publius6961

15 posted on 12/12/2010 3:30:08 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: BenLurkin

A C- in intro to econ would mean a person does not understanding how to balance a checkbook, let alone count back.


16 posted on 12/12/2010 3:32:21 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah coel Jmeth. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: BenLurkin

Bada-bing!

Nuremberg 2.0 will see him strung up with the rest of the scammers (politics, media, finance).


17 posted on 12/12/2010 5:10:31 PM PST by Moltke ('Tis very strange. - Hamlet)
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To: BenLurkin

18 posted on 12/12/2010 6:04:36 PM PST by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: BenLurkin

19 posted on 12/12/2010 6:06:56 PM PST by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: CharlesMartelsGhost

Gormons. LOL!


20 posted on 12/12/2010 10:04:36 PM PST by zeugma (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
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