City of Portland's brand-spanking-new $140,000 prototype public toilet falls victim to global cooling

Two things happened. No. 1: More than a foot of snow covered the solar panels, which charge the batteries, which run the lights, mechanisms and heat tape that warms the pipes. The batteries died. No. 2: A hydraulic flushing mechanism froze as a result.

John Holdren on Global Cooling (Part I in a Series on Obama’s new science advisor, ‘Dr. Doom’) — MasterResource

Skeptics of climate alarmism have often trotted out the fact that a number of climate scientists sounded the alarm over global cooling before they sounded the alarm over global warming–an argument for humility in the face of complexity, uncertainty, and change.

Global cooling was more than fringe thinking...