Wednesday, January 13, 2010

ACCURATE BUT FAKE ....

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has ordered his staff to revise a computerized forecasting model that showed that climate legislation supported by President Obama would make planting trees more lucrative than producing food.

Mr. Vilsack said he has directed his chief economist to work with the EPA to "undertake a review of the assumptions in the [Forest and Agricultural Sector Optimization Model] FASOM model, to update the model and to develop options on how best to avoid unintended consequences for agriculture that might result from climate change legislation."
Maybe he should consult with the University of East Anglia. They appear to have experience with “fake but accurate” climate models.

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