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This is a guest post from Dr. John Abraham

The Reference Frame: Ozone hole and global warming: evolution of an alarm

In the last 25 years, we have seen the decline of the claims that the ozone depletion and global warming are the same thing. It's one of the rare examples of stupid scares that have actually largely disappeared. However, we're still drowning in the ocean of similar demagogy which is emitted by dishonest ideologues as well as hopeless morons. If one wanted to behave rationally, according to the best recommendations that science can give us, he would find out that none of the chemicals is really a "pure villain" or "pure victim", most of the effects that are hyped in the media are secondary and negligible, and even the sign of the conclusion "what we should try to achieve" according to science is often opposite relatively to what the media and not only media tell us. In particular, carbon dioxide is a big friend of ours.

The Illogic of EPA Carbon Regulations - On Energy (usnews.com)

If global warming is a problem that the EPA needs to address, then why are they working on imposing rules that the agency admits "will not have [a] direct impact of U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases?" It's tough to see how EPA regulation makes logical sense. Does the EPA not really care about global warming or are they working to end America's use of coal? Does the EPA only want to increase the price of energy by making it harder to build low-cost electricity generation? What explains the EPA's actions? And why are taxpayers paying for this nonsense?

How Green Are Electric Cars? Depends on Where You Plug In

In a worst-case situation, with electric power generated from a high proportion of coal — as it is in a wide swath of the country’s midsection — an electric car or a plug-in hybrid will generate slightly more full-cycle global-warming emissions, as the report calls the greenhouse gases, than the best gasoline-engine subcompact.

Cold Snap Damages NC Apple Crop - Winston-Salem News Story - WXII The Triad

Henderson County grower Kenny Barnwell said frost had ravaged his 10 acres of peach trees, and his apple crop also was affected.

Rapeseed in Northeast France Badly Damaged, Cetiom Says - Bloomberg

Rapeseed in the northeast of France was “seriously” damaged by frost in February, and estimates of the area to be plowed under have risen, oilseed researcher
Cetiom said.