Saturday, January 19, 2013

Articles: In the Energy Debate between Palin and Obama...Obama Lost
Even though the president apparently lost this energy debate to Sarah Palin, he was clearly right about one thing: the American people are not stupid. The American people have by way of their own ingenuity and hard work built a process for extracting oil and natural gas unanticipated by advanced energy gurus such as T. Boone Pickens. Pickens recently acknowledged that the abundance of natural gas means that energy alternatives such as wind are not economically viable. Predicting the future is difficult, but relying on the ingenuity and hard work of Americans has generally proven to be a safe bet -- you betcha!
Coldest January In Nevada Since 1949 | Real Science
Nevada is averaging -6C so far this month, putting it on track to be the coldest January since 1949, and the fifth coldest January ever. NOAA says that this is due to a man-made overheated atmosphere.
Record low temperature in Seattle WA
A record low temperature of 29 degrees was set at Seattle WA WFO yesterday.

This breaks the old record of 31 set in 2001.
Mayors use climate to nurse off federal purse | JunkScience.com
“Mayors contend that those [climate initiatives] often need federal funding.”

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