Boffins: Arctic cooled to pre-industrial levels from 1950-1990 • The Register

New research by German and Russian scientists indicates that summer temperatures in the Arctic actually fell for much of the later 20th century, plunging to the levels seen at the beginning of the industrial revolution.

California's 'Zero Energy House' is actually massive fossil hog • The Register

But how did the technical wizards of REAS manage to deliver net zero energy with heating, aircon and all the trimmings in a 1950s house with nothing more than a few solar panels to power it?

We couldn't imagine how, so we asked them and company vice-president Ron Schwolsky promptly and courteously answered our questions. Unfortunately, the short answer as to how on Earth they made a house comfortable while using no energy from outside is that they didn't.