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President Obama Likes German Energy Plan That Results In Electrical Prices 2.5X U.S. Prices

Posted on May 15, 2015 | Leave a comment

President Obama and polemists like Tom Friedman of the New York Times, tout Germany’s green power program as a model to be admired. Well, I guess so if you like very much higher electricity prices with only a little effect on CO2 emissions. As readers of this blog know, CO2 emissions are not high on my worry list. Increased electricity prices are worrisome to me, but they don’t seem to trouble Obama and Friedman?

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John Kerry Again Proves His Ignorance

Posted on May 14, 2015 | Leave a comment

Why am I picking on John Kerry again? Partly because he is such an easy target but mostly I want people to be aware of how unaware he is. In 2009, the then Senator Kerry said that the Arctic would be ice free in 2014. As you know this prediction was very wrong. He knew this because he claimed to be up-to-date with all the real science as provided by the real scientists. Kerry chose to lecture Senator James Inhofe, someone he said failed to get it when it comes to global warming and in this case Arctic Sea ice. Watch this Youtube to see the “haughty” Senator in action:

By the way, Jim Inhofe is probably the most knowledgeable man in Congress with regard to global warming science.

Kerry is the chief US negotiator in the talks with Iran about Iran’s program to make nuclear bombs. God help us. And he seems to be the President’s lead man in the Global Warming talks scheduled for Paris this coming December. IMHO, he is in way over his head, but he is so egotistical, he thinks he knows it all. Lecturing Senator Inhofe!!!

Look at these two posting to see how misinformed he can be, even when he has a prepared speech. Click here and here.

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Posted in AGW, Climate Alarmism, Environment, Ice Melt, IPCC, Sea Ice

Told ya so: new paper proves that coral atolls keep up with sea level rise

Posted on May 13, 2015 | 2 comments

I am rebloging a 12 May posting on WattsUpWithThat(WUWT) titled “Told ya so: New paper proves that coral atolls keep up with sea level rise.” The alarmists thought they had a great cause–more island people losing their ancestral home to fossil fuels. One of the atolls actually sued the Czech Republic saying that their burning of coal would be the cause of the loss of their atoll. Anthony Watts has been tell us that for more than ten years the alarmist were not right. Of interest, Watts points out the reasoning that the atolls keep up with the rise in sea level originated with Charles Darwin. The posting includes the abstract of a recent study about the atolls and sea level. In addition, reading the several publications on WUWT by Watts and several others provide the science behind the atolls survival for thousands of years of sea level rise.
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Snowy South Dakota-May 2015

Posted on May 10, 2015 | Leave a comment

Weather forecast for Gettysburg SD.. My old home town. Damn that global warming!!!!!! (sarc)

Sunday 05/10 100%Snow

Windy with rain changing to snow. Lows overnight in the low 30s.
Snow

Monday 05/11 80%
Snow
Windy with periods of rain and snow in the morning changing to rain showers late. High 47F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.

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Posted in AGW, Al Gore, Climate Alarmism, Climate Models, glaciers, Ice Melt

Skeptic Reference Sources—1350+ Peer-Reviewed Papers

Posted on May 7, 2015 | Leave a comment

This is the second posting of skeptic reference sources. This time it is “1350+ Peer- Reviewed Papers Supporting Skeptic Arguments Against ACC/AGW Alarmism”. The papers have been sorted by categories to make the desired documents easily located. It is interesting that PopularTechnology.net supplied “Rebuttals to Criticisms” in the beginning. These are also a leg-up for you in discussions with warmers.

Click here to enter the PopularTechnology.net website.

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Skeptic Reference Sources–Part 1

Posted on May 6, 2015 | 1 comment

There are several excellent sources for Skeptics. This posting provides a source for Solar Research Papers. The amount of Sun based research may surprise you, because the Warmers continue to tell us that the Sun is not important.

Some of the research is readily available and some is behind paywalls. But I suspect that just looking at the available research will occupy you for some long time. The source is Club du Soleil Click here to see this source.

There are several additional resources that I will post soon.

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Posted in AGW, CO2, Earth Magnetic Poles, Environment, IPCC, Radiation, Skeptic resources, Solar Cycle 24, Solar Cycle 25, Solar Flux, Sun, sun and climate, Sunspots

Solar Cycle 24 Activity Continues To Decline

Posted on May 6, 2015 | Leave a comment

The April 2015 Solar Cycle 24 Sunspot number rose somewhat in April, but the forecast is for a continued decline in activity. The 2015 monthly Sunspot counts were: January = 67.0, February=44.8, March=38.4 and April=54.4. The daily Sunspot counts seesawed, but definitely with a downward trend, Ri(black). This can be seen be examining Rsouth (green). While Rnorth has been reasonably quiet for a year or so, Rsouth has been the major contributor to the total number since late 2013.

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Posted in AGW, Ap index, Solar Activity, Solar Cycle 24, Solar Flux, Sun, Sunspots

April 2015 Global Atmospheric Temperature

Posted on May 5, 2015 | Leave a comment

The University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) satellite global atmospheric temperature measurements show that April was slightly cooler than March. The March anomaly was O.14°C and April’s was 0.07°C. The UAH measurements confirm the “18+ years of no statistically significant evidence of global warming”. The chart (click to enlarge) shown below uses the new Version 6.0 dataset which replaces Version 5.6.

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More Green Predictions That Are Way Off Base

Posted on May 3, 2015 | 2 comments

This is a reblog of a posting by Elizabeth Price Foley on Instapundit. Clever roundup of the folly of the Green movement. Be sure to click on the links. They confirm the folly. cbdakota

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Posted in AGW, Al Gore, Climate Alarmism, Climate Models, CO2, Electricity, EPA, fossil fuels, Government Regulations, NGO's eg Greenpeace/WWF, Sea Level, Windpower

Get NASA Back On Track

Posted on May 2, 2015 | Leave a comment

A House of Representatives Committee approved a bill designed to make NASA the only governmental body doing space research and development.

“Today’s bill is a step in the right direction to ensure that NASA will continue to innovate and inspire,” stated Chairman Lamar Smith. “The Authorization levels for FY16 and FY17 included in this bill provide NASA with the resources necessary to remain a leader in space exploration in a time of tight budget realities. For more than 50 years, the U.S. has led the world in space exploration. We must restore balance to NASA’s budget if we want to ensure the U.S. continues to lead in space for the next 50 years. And we must continue to invest in NASA as the only government agency responsible for space exploration.