Saturday, March 30, 2013

Claim: Germany Spends $110 Billion to Delay Global Warming by 37 Hours | The Weekly Standard
"The Germans are spending about $110 billion on subsidies for these solar panels," said Lomborg. "The net effect of all those investments will be to postpone global warming by 37 hours by the end of the century."
Hares and Rabbits Are Freezing to Death This Easter - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Young hares and rabbits are dying of cold in the icy weather this Easter, a German Wildlife Foundation has warned.
Let's lose the dodgy climate advice - and save £165,000 - Telegraph
Since it seems that the only purpose of having a chief scientific adviser these days is to parrot the official line on global warming without having any very obvious understanding of the subject, isn’t it time we saved ourselves £165,000 a year by abolishing this post altogether?
Is global warming slowing Boston Marathon winning times?
Winning times in endurance events such as marathons have improved over the last century, a trend that may slow or reverse should temperatures warm as climate models predict...their models indicate that if race starting times had not changed and average race day temperatures continue to warm by 0.058°C/yr, a high-end estimate, they would expect a 95 percent chance of detecting a consistent slowing of winning marathon times by 2100.

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