Mark the moment! The first renegade science conference « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

Apart from conferences organized by the Heartland Foundation I don’t recall a skeptic dominated professional conference or science association convention. Skeptics have spoken at many conferences before, but this time the skeptical speakers vastly outnumbered the fans of the IPCC, ten to one. This was an event where — by the sounds of it — it would have been uncool to be an unskeptical scientist (as indeed it ought to be). No prizes for guessing which branch of science could no longer be held down by political correctness.

It’s a sign of the times, the phase shift is coming.

Revolutionary Method for Extending Range of Electric Cars - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Diesel-powered generator trucks

Revkin.net - #QuoteOfDay

#QuoteOfDay as Senate votes to keep $5 billion/yr. in ethanol subsidies: “We continue to spend money that we don’t have on things that we don’t need.” — Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

Ice Sheet Melt Down The Rabbit Hole | Real Science

Our top scientists tell us that Greenland and Antarctica are melting at unprecedented rates, as well as continental glaciers. They also tell us that 2010 was the hottest year ever.

Meanwhile, raw Envisat and Jason 2 data both show sea level currently the lowest since they started taking measurements. Apparently all of that glacial meltwater is going down the rabbit hole – because it isn’t making it to the oceans.