Indur Goklany, a policy analyst in the Department of Interior, has documented similar sleights of hand when it comes to predictions of food and water shortages due to global warming.

FORBES: The Global Warming Establishment Needs More than Cosmetic Fixes

Indur Goklany, a much-published scholar on the consequences of global warming policies, recently calculated that in 2010 alone, diversion of grain to biofuels (like ethanol) caused nearly 200, 000 excess deaths in the developing world because of increased prices.

FORBES: Global Warming And Global Food Security