BBC News - Day temperatures in Carlisle hit all-time, all-date record low

Carlisle has experienced its lowest daytime temperature, as the cold spell continues to affect Cumbria.

According to the Met Office observing station, it dropped to -7.9 (17.8F) on Wednesday.

This beats the previous daytime record low of -6.8C (19.7F), which was only set in January.

The average daytime temperature in Carlisle in December is 7.3C (45F), so it represents a 15 degree negative departure from the mean.

A Met Office spokesman described it as a "notable statistic".

Seeing Redd in Cancún | Simon Counsell | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

So, why are rich countries falling for this flawed and potentially planet-wrecking scam?

Industrialised countries, especially the US, have found it politically impossible to introduce domestic emissions-reduction measures that interfere in the slightest with our high-carbon lifestyles. Consequently, with the UN's efforts to forge binding global commitments having now run into the ground, and with the Cancún talks degenerating into acrimony, agreement on Redd is possibly the one face-saver left to them. Because rich countries politically now need Redd much more than tropical ones do, it is the latter that are dictating the terms of the debate – and it is why they will probably get their Redd payments, for a few years anyway, even if they use them to destroy forests rather than protect them.

A Postcard from CanCun: The COP16 Update | Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit

1. The number of seminars and workshops is bewildering. The official daily programme is 18 pages long (92 events today). Plus there are associated conferences going on across hotels up to 20kms apart, for groups like IETA, WBCSD, REEEP, ICC, EWEA, World Climate Summit, Green Solutions, IISD, WRI. Worldwatch, IIGCC. And if you recognize ALL those acronyms you qualify as a member of the climate change illuminati!

2. According to a study done by their Federal Environment Agency, Germany’s electricity supply could make a complete switch to renewable energies by 2050. That’s right, 100%. They say that technology already available on the market could make this possible even today; the secret is that it requires that “electricity be used and produced very efficiently”.
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8. Cars that run on batteries will soon be competitive with ones that burn petroleum fuels, according to US Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Speaking in Cancun, he said “It’ll be about five years and it could be sooner. Meanwhile the batteries we have today are soon going to get better by a factor of two.”

Evidence of fraud by Phil Jones and his Warmist colleagues

Excerpts from Doug Keenan. There is a lot in it but Doug is to be congratulated for making it easy to read. A mathematician with a talent for writing!

UK big freeze: Army on standby in coldest December for 100 years | Mail Online

The Army was called in today to help clear away ice and snow as Britain headed towards its coldest December for 100 years.

As temperatures plunged to -15c (5f) David Cameron ordered the military to step in and help the UK's beleaguered local councils.