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Surface-based Temperature Records
THE warmaholics are fond of using the phrase “official records going back to 1850″, but the simple facts are that prior to the 1970s, surface-based temperatures from a few indiscriminate, mostly backyard locations in Europe and the US are fatally corrupted and not in any sense a real record.  Read more here. (0)

Crazy Claims from Climate Scientist
This is absured, but true: Australia’s use of coal and carbon emissions policies are guaranteeing the “destruction of much of the life on the planet”, a leading NASA scientist has written in a letter to Barack Obama.  Read more here. (4)

Learning by Candlelight
As I waited night after night for the electricity to return, candlelight kept teaching me about moving air’s talent for removing heat, hampering any effort to keep warmth “down here” by constantly sending it up and away.   Read more here. (0)

People Powered Gym
A US gym has installed specially-adapted exercise bikes that recycle energy generated by people as they work out.   Read more here. (0)

Flying on Vegetable Oil
A passenger plane has successfully completed a two-hour test flight partly powered by vegetable oil.  Read more here. (2)

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Archive for August 16th, 2008

Australian Environment Foundation Annual Conference

A highlight of the last year’s conference for me was meeting Helen Mahar. I will be at the conference again this year. You can also register at www.aefweb.info

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Arctic Sea Ice Refuses to Melt

“Just a few weeks ago, predictions of Arctic ice collapse were buzzing all over the internet. Some scientists were predicting that the ‘North Pole may be ice-free for first time this summer’. Others predicted that the entire ‘polar ice cap would disappear this summer’,” writes Steven Goddard in yesterday’s UK Register.
The article continues, “The Arctic [...]

Alan Siddons on Radiative Equilibrium

Radiative equilibrium is one of the foundation stones of radiative forcing theory. But it is not a law of physics, only a rather archaic and untested supposition found in climatology textbooks alone.
“For the Earth to neither warm or cool, the incoming radiation must balance the outgoing.”
Not really.
It’s best to regard radiant energy simply as a [...]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Food Safety

Dear Jennifer,
I have been spending a pleasant Saturday morning doing gardening at the GMO Pundit safety paper list. It’s now a bit neater at the start.
I’ve added a few more papers to bring it over 200.
Most importantly, I’ve added a button at the right sidebar near the top
“200 plus GM food safety papers”
So to tell [...]