San Diego Reader | Scientifically Proven Jams

“Two of us are lab-coat-wearing PhDs at Scripps Institute of Oceanography,” says Guava Belly bassist James Traer. “Mike [Pritchard, singer-keyboardist] works in the climate research group, building computer models to simulate cloud formation and understand the role that clouds play in the global climate system. I work in the marine physical lab, studying the physics of sound propagation in the ocean and developing technologies to map the ocean and oceanic crust using ambient noise.”
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Not everyone is impressed by the duo’s academic credentials. “At the Second Wind in Santee, we played to one man. He liked us and bought us beers. We took a break to talk to him, and Mike mentioned he was studying climate science. The man changed his demeanor, grumbled something angry about Al Gore, and left the bar.”

KVOA News 4, Tucson, Arizona - Local profs debate global warming

You have those in Tucson who believe in global warming, and on the flip side, you have your skeptics, like Dr. Ben Herman at the University of Arizona.

Dr. Herman agrees that carbon dioxide has warmed the atmosphere but not that much. "It's warmed about 1.5 degrees in the last 100 years or about 1/10th of a degree every 10 years. That's a very small effect", says Dr. Herman.

As far as his solution? "A better road to pursue right now is not to try to stop every bit of carbon dioxide going in the atmosphere, but to start looking for alternate fuels", says Dr. Herman.

Didn’t Get the Memo - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Ford this week announced that it is adding a third shift to produce Ford F-150 pickups at its Dearborn Truck Plant. The addition of the third shift will boost total employment at the plant by about 1,000 to 3,470.
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Clearly, someone didn’t get the memo from Washington central planning that Americans only want small hybrids.