Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Joe Bastardi Responds To Tim McCarver’s Home Run Claim | Real Science

The article below is Joe Bastardi’s response to Tim McCarver’s claim that global warming is causing more home runs because warm air is thinner.. The only thing I would add is that part of his theory seems easy enough to test. Are there more proportionally home runs scored during afternoon games than night games?

Sinking Tide Gauges | Real Science

New Jersey Governor Christie thinks he can stop the land from sinking by reducing CO2. He may be our next vice-president.

Articles: Lisa Jackson Must Go

Armendariz's comments, however, are not just an indication of the immaturity and bad judgment of one high-ranking official at the EPA.  They reflect a tyrannical and authoritarian mindset that permeates the agency.  For a regional director of the EPA to speak as Armendariz did, stating that he intended to round up a number of respected American business leaders and crucify them, is a shocking violation of the trust that the American people put in government.

The Reference Frame: Do wind farms cause global warming?

NYT's amazing hit piece on Dick Lindzen

An intellectual camprdlík named Justin Gillis (whose greatest achievement is that he has connected the dots) was allowed to write a hit piece against Richard Lindzen, arguably the most prominent atmospheric physicist on this planet. Roger Pielke Jr has collected just the phrases that try to sling mud on Lindzen. The laundry list is kind of unbelievable for one, just one article

Caroline Lucas, the Brighton hippies' MP, gets into a muddle over energy statistics – Telegraph Blogs

As to what we should actually do, my proposal is simple. We'll leave the "it ain't happening at all" to Mr Delingpole; if it is and we should do something, then that something is simply a carbon tax.

We've even had a great big report, the Stern Review, telling us what the rate should be: $80 per tonne CO2-e (to include all the methane, NOX etc as if it were CO2).

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