Brazil Experiencing Variable Weather

The forecast isnt good, with just a few, sparse rains not big enough to get a whole farm wet. Weve had cold weather for this time of year its been 99 years since we have had such cold temperatures during the period of the year, and Im not sure how long its been since weve had such a bad drought.

OOPS, We Forgot Siberia... Part Deux! (M4GW)

In my original blog entry December 9th I talked about a worldwide temperature chart and said that it was inaccurate because of the large amount of weather stations that went offline when the USSR collapsed around 1990.

I pointed out that this brought the number of reporting weather stations around the world down from a high of 15,000 in 1970 to 5,000 in 2000. This takes some of the coldest places on the planet out of the equation, like Siberia.
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I received some criticism for not mentioning any sources, so I made this Google map with some of the weather stations in the former USSR that went offline around 1990.
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Here are the charts from Minnesota.

Seattle Food Examiner: Food Matters: best-selling author Mark Bittman in Seattle

"We are finally starting to acknowledge the threat carbon emissions pose to our ozone layer, but few people have focused on the extent to which our consumption of meat contributes to global warming. Think about it this way: In terms of energy consumption, serving a family-of-four steak dinner is the rough equivalent of driving around in an SUV for three hours while leaving all the lights on at home."

Bittman's no-nonsense approach sheds light on the ramifications of government policy, big business marketing, and global economics influence what we choose to put on the table.

Re: Exxon, Carbon Prices, and Surrender - Iain Murray - The Corner on National Review Online

I cannot understand why US energy companies are so willing to negotiate the terms of their surrender. The usual "we must have a place at the table" excuse is laughable when you are going to be the menu.

As Andy says, there is every reason to oppose this disastrous "inevitability." The American people will not put up with a massive rise in their energy costs, especially at a time when they are a) experiencing a significant tightening in their financial circumstances and b) seeing the only relief in those circumstances in the form of a drop in energy prices for transportation. That is why no one actually in the legislature or incoming administration is willing to do what Tillerson says and propose an outright carbon tax....
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Those points are easily made and easily understood by voters. The BTU tax, proposed by a new rock star President with his party in charge of both houses, still failed because voters, especially in Democrat energy states, feared its consequences. Carbon pricing can be defeated similarly. Pre-emptive capitulation, on the other hand, guarantees a bad result. This is the time when backbone is needed.

Cardinal George Pell, 2008: Global Warming and Pagan Emptiness

Belief in a benign God who is master of the universe has a steadying psychological effect, although it is no guarantee of Utopia, no guarantee that the continuing climate and geographic changes will be benign. In the past pagans sacrificed animals and even humans in vain attempts to placate capricious and cruel gods. Today they demand a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.

YouTube - A Mantel Moment 1-9-2009 - Global Warming?