Limits on CO2 Climate Forcing from Recent Temperature Data of Earth: A Guest Weblog by David Douglass and John Christy

ΔT (CO2 ) ≈ 0.070 K/decade (3)

This estimate is for no-feedback. If there is feedback leading to a gain g, then multiply Eq. 3 by g.

The Challenge: Constant Current From Fickle Winds : NPR

Wind power is not predictable. That morning, the wind is steadily producing about 3,000 megawatts — about 5 percent of the total power being used in the region. But Benbow says he's seen wind power become increasingly variable as more wind farms come on line. And grid operators can't order wind plants to produce like they can other power plants.

"If the wind is not blowing, you just don't have that resource available," he says. And when the wind is blowing, it can be hard to make wind turbines shut down. "A lot of these plants are not manned — if we need to turn them off, we have to send a person out to actually do that," he says.

Lots of other things about wind frustrate the Benbows of the world — wind blows hardest at night when electricity demand is lowest, there currently aren't ways to store wind for later use, and you can't count on it on hot summer days when you need it most.

"You can put all that wind in, but I still need to have all this other generation that I need to have available — all my coal, nuclear, all the gas — for my peak load day," Benbow adds.

The Associated Press: Ranchers slog through snowy, chilly spring

The worst was yet to come. Two more blizzards roared through over the next two weeks — part of a cold, wet pattern that added up to just about the worst weather possible for spring calving and lambing.
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Nuckolls lost 190 ewes out of 800 in the first blizzard a month ago. He almost lost his barn when the wooden roof beams began to split under the weight of 6 feet of snow. He shored them up from below and enlisted five high school kids to start shoveling on the roof.

"Real severe. Three blizzards kind of back to back there, not much in between, and we've got 6 inches of snow on the ground today," Nuckolls said Monday.
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Lost livestock is only one headache for ranchers when snow piles up, she said. They constantly have to beat down paths through the snow so cattle can get to water tanks and hay. They have to shovel snow just to open and close gates.

Rumph said it's the worst springtime she's seen in 25 years in ranching.

"It's not been the kind of spring you want to be in the cow-calf business," she said.

Manatee growers get federal disaster status - Local - Bradenton.com

MANATEE — Twenty-four Florida counties, including Manatee and Sarasota, have received federal disaster designations for cold weather and freeze damage suffered by growers and ranchers Jan. 20-23 and Feb. 4-6.
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“Bitter cold temperatures took a toll on Florida crops this winter,” said U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan in a press release. “Federal assistance will help compensate growers for their losses and ensure their ability to continue to provide safe and affordable produce to consumers.”

Solar [Scam] Seeks Special Place in Climate [Scam] Bill

The industry's trade group, the Solar Energy Industries Association, or SEIA, wants Congress to carve out a special place for solar power if the government mandates that a certain amount of electricity come from renewable sources. Companies such as First Solar Inc. (FSLR) are also hoping for a share of the revenue that would be produced if companies were forced to buy allowances for emitting global-warming gases into the atmosphere.

This looks like a flashback to the CO2 hysteria of early '07: CO2 allegedly causes unwanted cat population explosion

The feline mating season begins with the first thaw of the year and ends with the first frost. But as global warming brings spring a little earlier and pushes winter later into the year, cats’ mating seasons are getting longer and an explosion in the population of newborn kittens is putting a massive strain on animal shelters.