How to Speak with Wisdom? Another Sermon by Henk Tennekes « Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

Unless we call our brains to order, they live in a fantasy world, a virtual reality of their own making where they continue to pretend they know better. The overconfident use of supercomputers in climate modeling makes this worse yet. Supercomputers produce virtual reality generated by the virtual reality in climate modelers’ minds. Global warming is a product of Virtual Reality – Squared.

[Are we sure it's not colder up there now than it was 90 or 1000 years ago?]: The Catlin Arctic Survey 2010

Harald (polar guide at the Ice Base) then presented a lecture on cold weather injuries and other potential hazards relating to the polar environment. Signs, symptoms and treatment of frost bite was the main focus, with various photos of what to look out for and what to avoid. Losing fingers and toes is something that can be avoided if one is careful, but is of concern to us all.

One of the reasons for the scientists to undertake this training is to give them confidence in living and working in the polar environment. It also comes down to necessity should a member of staff that they’re working with have an accident. So, erecting tents and firing up mountain stoves to heat up water is part of basic survival training. All easy enough in more temperate climates, but at -30°C, with a wind blowing, little dexterity in finger movement due to fairly sizable mittens and a potential casualty to deal with is testing.

Bill Nye: Old people are stupid

[video] We all know that Al Gore invented the Internet; but did you know that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “discovered climate change”?

If you don’t believe it, you’re old; and old people are stupid and unpatriotic.

[Finish your broccoli or some Chinese kid's grandchildren will roast in hellfire] : TreeHugger

It seems that so many of our problems, from energy independence to climate change to world hunger to water, could be significantly mitigated if we could just get control of our food system and stop wasting so much.