Thursday, January 14, 2010

Preparing the public to fight global warming Part 2
I predict that Pachauri will be out of his position by June 30th of this year.
Klotzbach Et Al 2009 Corrigendum Published – Contribution To The Correction By Phil Jones « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.
With the permission of Phil Jones, I have reproduced below e-mails in November 2009 from Phil and one from me that led to one of our corrections.
Wind Turbines Leave Some in a Huff - WSJ.com
It turns out that Mr. Deneui has some complaints of his own. While his Skystream 3.7 machine, built by Southwest Windmill of Flagstaff, Ariz., is designed to generate 500 kilowatt hours of power, it generates only 65 because the winds are too inconsistent at his home.
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Mr. Deneui, who paid $26,000 for his windmill with government and utility rebates and incentives covering about half the cost, concedes he's disappointed. "The payback was supposed to be 10 years, but at this rate it will be 500 years," he says.
The End of Magical Climate Thinking | Foreign Policy
Here is the back story of how the Obama administration dramatically raised and then dashed America's -- and the world's -- hopes that 2009 would be a pivotal year for remaking our collective energy future.
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The collapse of the Copenhagen talks marks not just the end of the United Nations as the primary venue for global climate negotiations but also the abandonment of binding emissions-reduction targets and timetables as the primary vehicle for achieving emissions reductions.
Baby, It's Cold Outside -- Winter 2010 | Foreign Policy
he new year has greeted many parts of the world with a freezing Arctic blast. Some have endured frustrating transportation delays, while others have been chilling out, enjoying the surrounding winter wonderland.

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