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The secret life of internet climate trolls… « JoNova

PhysicsGirl is assuming that all scientists are the same, that confirmation bias doesn’t exist, and that when someone discusses a climate model, an answer about another model entirely, has some meaning. She talks in general abstract terms so much I wonder if she’s been reading much on the climate debate. James doesn’t answer the most pointed question that survived the editing (would he keep his job?). And I’d like to see what Hoyt said that was edited out, but he comes across well in a video that goes nowhere. But if they’d caught him getting angry or making a mistake, it would have been a headline.

@hoytc55 Good on him.

Spring on track to be coldest for 30 years | Met Office News Blog

Early figures from the Met Office show spring (March, April and May) 2013 is on course to be the coldest in the UK since 1979.

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Inconvenient questions on solar cells for Revkin's Dot-Chat today

Altogether, the energy payback time is close to the lifetime of a typical solar panel.
Thus, the net energy and emission savings are close to zero, for immense cost.
Why is this a good thing?

Plan to dramatically expand renewables in Europe fails | JunkScience.com

“The European Parliament yesterday (21 May) approved a non-binding resolution calling for a mandatory EU-wide share for renewables for 2030, but failed to set the target in the 40-45% range.”

Bill McKibben: One degree of warming is ‘utter catastrophe’ | JunkScience.com

But we are still here, Bill.