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Quark Soup by David Appell: Driving On a Thread of Gasoline

...That means that when I drive my car, the fuel I consume has the same volume as a thin thread stretched along the road over the distance I travel, with a thickness just a few times the width of a human hair.

That skinny little thread of gasoline is enough to keep my car going! Thinking about it reinforces one’s appreciation for the internal combustion engine.

More Muller Errors Found « NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

So effectively BEST are claiming that temperatures across the South East have been increasing at a rate of 0.7138C or 1.28F per century since 1910. But according to the official NCDC numbers, they have not done anything of the sort. Temperatures have actually declined at a rate of 0.50F/century. The BEST figures therefore have overestimated the warming trend by 1.78F/century.

BBC News - Today - Arctic ice: Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling

Seymour Laxon of the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling said the thickness of the ice could now be measured to an accuracy of 10cm (3.5in).

He said there has been a "very strong decline" in the thickness of the ice, and if the current trend continues, the Arctic could be ice-free on a summer's day by the end of the decade.