Monday, November 23, 2009

The “Children and Grandchildren” Report #4 | Australian Climate Madness
They just keep on coming…
Real world consequences of global warming deceptions
Roger Pielke is just one of dozens, maybe hundreds, of people who have been seriously trying to make positive contributions to the environmental health of this planet, including reducing global warming and its effects. How many other sound ideas have been overlooked or shot down because they didn't fit in with The Team's political agenda?
C3: The 'Global Warming' Boogeyman: It Only Comes Out At Night, Scientists Confirm
The reason? Human caused land-use change (urban heat island is one example) is radiating more heat at night, this impacting the daily minimum temperatures being measured near the surface. The large impact on minimum temperatures can be seen in the chart on the left when comparing a recently urbanized area with a more rural area. In contrast, note how the daily maximum temperature differences in the chart on the right have stayed remarkably close for the two different areas. This is not a result of human CO2 emissions; it's a result of humans changing the earth's terrain and landscape.
George F. Will - George F. Will: Fossil fuels belie environmentalism - washingtonpost.com
Today, wind and solar power combined are just one-sixth of 1 percent of American energy consumption.
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Today, there is a name for the political doctrine that rejoices in scarcity of everything except government. The name is environmentalism.

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