Nissan Leaf, the People’s Electric, Ready to Claim Power - NYTimes.com

But fully recharging a Leaf that way takes a painfully long 21 hours, according to the specifications provided by Nissan.

Consider the trade-off: That’s almost a day of down time, hooked to a charger, in exchange for about two hours of driving.

World Climate Report » Bye-Bye Polar Lows?

As we have shown repeatedly in our essay series, the literature is alive with articles predicting or showing no change in extreme weather events throughout the world.

Precipitation, Convection & Climate Change | The Resilient Earth

An increase in tropical storm activity has long been predicted as a harmful side-effect of human induced global warming. Hurricanes are to become more frequent and more deadly. All of this is predicated on the notion that a hotter climate will result in more moisture in the atmosphere and more frequent tropical storms. As it turns out, this is only half true. There may be more precipitation in the temperate zone, but an increase in tropical storms is not predicted—even by the IPCC models.