Friday, December 19, 2008

North Dakota Ethanol Producers are at Risk as Fund Dries Up : Gas 2.0
North Dakota’s fund for helping ethanol producers hedge against fluctuating corn prices is about to run out, and the producers are getting worried.
Prometheus » Blog Archive » Can Hurricane Activity Be Predicted Out to Five Years With Skill?
The answer to the question posed in the subtitle is, unfortunately, no.
MWC News - A Site Without Borders - - New Alleged Arctic Meltdown Rates Cut Little Ice with Governments
First, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, the counterintuitive nature of global warming and consequent denial relegate dangerous climate change, in the eyes of most, to the realm of science fiction.

It is counterintutive, yet proven, that a rise of atmospheric CO2 by about 100 ppm raises mean global temeprature by at least 1 degrees Celsius, plus another 1 to 2 degrees C due to carbon cycle and ice melt feedbacks, pushing the atmosphere to conditions of 3 million years ago (mid-Pliocene) when sea levels rose by 25 metres. It is equally counterintutive, yet demonstrated, that a rise of atmospheric CO2 by several hundred ppm has resulted in a mass extinction about 55 million years ago.
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Dr. Andrew Glikson
Earth and paleoclimate scientist
Australian National University
Isis Goddess & Earth: Global Warming and Los Angeles
In all that Al Gore has stated in regards to Global Warming, I have to say that he is wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong. It is snowing in a place that has never gotten snow, Los Angeles. If the world is getting warmer then it should not be snowing at all.

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