Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery predicted
global warming would leave our cities without water by as early as ... four years ago, actually:
In March (2008), Flannery said: ”The water problem is so severe for Adelaide that it may run out of water by early 2009.”…
In 2005, Flannery predicted Sydney’s dams could be dry in just two years…
In 2004, Flannery said global warming would cause such droughts that ”there is a fair chance Perth will be the 21st century’s first ghost metropolis”.
Flannery in 2007 predicted global warming would so dry out our continent that only desalination plants would save three of our biggest cities from imminent disaster:
Over the past 50 years southern Australia has lost about 20 per cent of its rainfall, and one cause is almost certainly global warming....Desalination plants can provide insurance against drought. In Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane, water supplies are so low they need desalinated water urgently, possibly in as little as 18 months.
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Alarmist of the Year Tim Flannery predicted global warming would leave our cities without water by as early as ... four years ago, actually: