Wednesday, November 15, 2006

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Climate insurance urged for poor

Could you use insurance for this kind of crisis? It's nice in theory, and maybe for a few high-profile, feel-good early experiments. But once the insurers set their actuarial scientists to sit down and do some serious analysis, the premiums will go way up. (Although maybe still cheaper than

Also, aren't some of the disasters we're talking about, actually the kind of acts of God that insurers wouldn't touch?

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Thought for the day : I wonder if refrigerators breed bacteria which can survive at lower temperatures.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Surreal spam of the day :


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