On the path to Climate [Scam] Conference in Copenhagen: five questions to Barbara Buchner

There is no point in hiding the fact that change is going to be costly at the beginning, and not only in economic terms but also regarding our habits and lifestyles. But it is useless to look for easy ways out.
I think that this is truly the best moment to begin change. As Rahm Emanuel [editor’s note: Chief of Staff in the Obama White House] wisely pointed out: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before.”

Australian Climate Madness: Australian heatwave just "natural variation" - BoM

What, not because of evil SUVs? Surely some mistake? An almost balanced article - ACM editor falls of chair in amazement.

Read it here.

[How'd they power their cell phones and laptops?]: Candlelight, luminous vests and hairdryers: How Britain survived rolling blackouts in the 1970s - Telegraph

Students reading by candle light, children walking to school in luminous vests and customers sitting under hairdryers in salons waiting for the power to come on are images assumed to have been consigned to history.

Climate protests pass with noise but little incident - Telegraph

Some campaigners removed the "S" from the "Shell" sign above the door, leaving it spelling "hell", which they claimed was more appropriate.

Heliogenic Climate Change: Everything's "consistent with" "climate change models"

The catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models have been predicting for years, experts say ...