Friday, March 09, 2012

Mr. Worthing: Getting the wind up

While lobbying is taking place nationally, developers are also employing lobbying tactics on the ground to get wind farms built, drafting in eco-activists to drum up support for wind farm projects in the face of local opposition.
No! Surely not. Lobbying? I thought only dirty-oil-funded denialist shills like the Heartland Institute did things like that?

Nuuk Running Out Of Food Due To Excess Cold And Ice | Real Science

Hansen has been busy corrupting Nuuk temperatures to create a non-existent warming trend, while the residents of Nuuk are running out of food due to record cold and ice.

- Bishop Hill blog - Policy questions

Peter Lilley is one of the few MPs who will be able to hold his head up high when the lights go out, having refused to back the absurdities of the Climate Change Act. Here he is in more recent action, asking ministers about the IPCC and the Interacademies Council Report:

German Warming Movement Afraid Of Its Own Shadow – German Public Television Disinvites Skeptic Vahrenholt

The global warming religion is no longer able to withstand scrutiny. That’s how weak the whole science has become. Now the lock-stepping publicly-funded media have to shield the issue from public debate. They don’t fear the climate itself – it is debate itself that they truly fear. This is not the first time Vahrenholt gets disinvited from a major event. Last month the University of Osnabrück disinvited him, saying that his claim that the climate is 50% driven by the sun is “too provocative”.

Understanding The Excess Ice In The Bering Sea And Baffin Bay | Real Science

The bottom line is that too little ice is producing too much ice. An ice-free Arctic (forecast by NASA for this summer) could cause Chicago to eventually become buried with ice again.

Next time you go to the bank, tell them that your account may be overdrawn now, but this will lead to a huge surplus in the near future. Poverty produces great wealth.

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