Carolinas: Near-record cold, and mountain snow

Welcome to winter ... well, a taste of it, at least.

The coldest air of the season, with temperatures at mid-January levels, has blanketed the Carolinas. Near-record daytime temperatures are expected today in Charlotte, and snow is falling in the mountains. A freeze warning is in effect for much of the Charlotte area, and forecasters say cold temperatures Wednesday and Thursday mornings will end the growing season in the region.

Forecast: "significant snow from northeastern Pennsylvania to upstate New York"

According to the Winter Weather Center, up to a foot of snow will fall in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania through tonight, while even more than a foot of snow will be dumped in the Adirondacks of New York.

CO2sceptics News Blog | UK: Climate Change Bill 28th October - Laws should not be passed without evidence

The problem however is that when the CO2 theory is publicly destroyed a lot of progressive ideas which should be valued in their own right will also be destroyed.

The notion expressed by Yvette Cooper MP (Imperial College 27 Oct) that Britain will benefit by leading 'The Green Revolution' is similarly doomed. Her policy of more coal fired power stations with carbon capture is potentially a great scheme for the using of UK coal but made insane by carbon capture which would double or near double the price of the electricity produced. The world NOW needs low cost energy and food not increases in both caused by 'green' rises in fuel prices and the burning of food (biofuels) in the name of 'saving the planet'.

Is there any example in history where a 'progressive lie' (eg around a false bogey) has benefited any other than spivs, warmongers or totalitarian regimes?

Will you withhold support for the Climate Change Bill and instead seek separate solutions for honest green policies such as defending biodiversity, and uphold integrity and accountability in science and public institutions?

Thank you

Piers Corbyn
Long range forecaster and astrophysicist (QMC) and first class Physics Imperial College