Friday, November 05, 2010

It's Not The Heat, It's The Humidity - How Global Warming Will Kill
A relatively small increase in average temperature will kill most of the human race just from the heat, not considering any of the theoretical changes to crops or sea level.
Washington Disconnect: SUV Sales Well Over 50 Percent of Market - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online
As if to put a punctuation mark on how out-of-touch Washington is with the electorate, October vehicle sales released today reveal that SUV sales have now almost fully rebounded from their pre-recession numbers and now make up 53 percent of the market, with cars at just 47 percent. The numbers have flipped since last October as the economy recovers and customers return to bigger, more fuel-thirsty vehicles.
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At GM, the marked SUV sales rise spelled good news as the profitable vehicles will help the Detroit giant pay off its massive government loans. GM’s “hot vehicles include the Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain and Cadillac SRX followed by the larger Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Chevrolet Traverse,” reported the News. “On the pickup side, the Chevrolet Silverado, Avalanche and GMC Sierra saw sales rise 9 percent for the month.” All are low-mileage SUVs.
Ancient Evidence That CO2 Does Not Control Climate | The Resilient Earth
The importance of CO2 has been constantly overestimated and all evidence of its impotence ignored by mainstream climate scientists. And despite assertions to the contrary, until the real causes for climate change are found we will not be able to predict future climate change.
RSS global temperature anomaly takes a dive | Watts Up With That?
The drop from July is significant, and very steep, losing more than half of the temperature anomaly since then.

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