Air Conditioning for Me, but Not for Thee - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

She couldn’t concentrate because it was 85 degrees? How weak is that? But I like how she admits that she turned off her AC during the phone interview with Wargocki only because of the “topic of conversation.” Presumably when the time came to write up her notes for the big anti-air-conditioning piece, she turned it back on again.

1935 : Russian Ship Sailed 500 Miles From The North Pole In Ice-Free Water | Real Science

The Sadko in 1935, in ice- free water of the North Kara Sea, steamed to 82 degrees, 42 minutes of northern latitude—an all-time record.

Hurricane Warning; McKibben Alert | Watts Up With That?

[Caleb Shaw] It really makes me wonder: Why on earth would such a seemingly smart person want to make such a total fool of himself? How can McKibben call so many events “unprecedented’ when all you need to do is open a history book, and you can see so many other prior storms set precedents?

It leaves the poor fellow, despite his Harvard education and obvious altruistic impulses, wide open for attack from people far less educated. I could have made mincemeat of his arguments when I was only twelve, (and had very few altruistic bones in my body.)

Big Green Machine – GE makes $21 billion a year on “clean energy” « JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax

In other words, they are one of the largest companies in the world which makes profits that depend on a climate of fear. How much would their wind turbines be worth if western governments pulled the pins on all the subsidies?