The Science Is Settled

I guess there's no use arguing about global warming anymore if even Charlie believes in it.

Does anyone know if any of Charlie's ATWA folks have been protesting at Richardson Grove?

Europe Takes Another Look At Being Green

Hard hitting piece in Cal Watchdog this morning about European countries thinking twice about their commitment to green energy. Sadly, I don't think this is going to happen in California.

Quotable Quote About California Voters

John Seiler, wrote in his California 2010: The Year In Review:

"And voters buying into the AB 32 mythology is the political and economic equivalent of the 1997 mass suicide of the Heaven’s Gate cult in Rancho Santa Fe.

Too funny. So true.

Doomsday?

Now we've went and done it. All of us poo pooing these claims of man made global warming, myself included, while doomsday approaches. Not only are we having more record warm and cold days, tomorrow will be the darkest day in 456 years!

Those Green Jobs

Amazing how fast AB32- California's landmark climate change law- got those supposed "green jobs" created, isn't it? NOT.

Looks like the only sizable increase in jobs created by AB32, so far, are in government, says today's Sacramento Bee. Perhaps it's too early to be gloating over this but I've read where others have predicted the only significant growth in green jobs we'll see from this bill will be in government.

Quotable Quote

Read this great quote this morning although I can't remember just where I read it. I believe it was in the comments to some news article I read. Believers will hate it. Naturally, I love it. Too funny:

"Climatology is to meteorology as astrology is to astronomy."

James Delingpole

I stumbled on to this Delingpole fellow on lewrockwell.com. They'd linked to a global warming related piece he wrote that was published in The Telegraph. The Telegraph describes him as a "...a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is right about everything" and, from the first piece of his I read, they might be right.

Turns out he also has a blog/ web page where he posts his writings. A quick look at his archives shows some fun writing, although probably not very fun for Believers. I've added him to my personal blog list. I'll follow him for a while to see if he's worth adding to my blog sidebar.

Speaking of cell phones...

...the Times- Standard had a story today about people still chatting on cell phones while driving. Well, maybe some of us who get annoyed by the danger imposed by these folks might get a laugh back at them...or maybe not?

It seems the State Air Resources Board has come up with a new regulation that requires all cars sold in California to have special glazed glass. This glass supposedly reflects heat from the sun and thus requires less air conditioning in the car which supposedly leads to better gas mileage.

Aside from the dubious claim this move will save gas, the clincher is the glazed windows supposedly degrade radio signals like those that come from cell phones and GPS systems. So, it might be fun for some of us when the cell phone chatters are screaming over not being able to talk as easily from their cell phones in their cars. Maybe some won't be able to talk at all?

That will only be a short laugh, though, as it won't be long before all the chatters that don't already have external cellphone antennas buy one.

Nope, we won't be laughing long. This will certainly be costing us all money in the long run with the Detroit News reporting it will take 5 to 12 years to recoup the increased car costs by supposed reduced gasoline use. They don't seem to consider that it's likely a lot of people might start buying cars out of state to save money after this takes effect. None of us will be laughing then. Not even the people who don't own cars.

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As an aside, in regards the claim that reducing air conditioner use will result in better gas mileage, I'm not so sure that's true. Can't say that for sure but my understanding is that a car without air conditioning gets better mileage that one with. The reason being the air conditioner itself puts a drag on the engine because the air conditioner is run by a belt, just like the belt that runs a water pump. My understanding is the air conditioner reduces gas mileage because it's run by the engine. It doesn't matter whether it's on, or off.

Some mechanic told me that years ago and suggested that, for better mileage, I could just cut the belt that ran my air conditioner (so long as that belt only runs the air conditioner). Don't know how true that is but the truck ran fine without that belt, although it still had to drag the weight of the rather large air conditioner.

Addendum: I've been trying to find out more in regards air conditioners and gas mileage. Did a Yahoo search and got these results. Not sure what to make of them. They seem to say yes, no, maybe, kinda, depending on a number of things. None specifically refers to my understanding that the air conditioner itself drains energy from the engine although they suggest that turning it on drains more in some cars.

Man On A Mission

Let's wish this fellow godspeed in his mission to convince our congresscritters that carbon dioxide isn't a toxic substance.

Hat tip to lewrockwell.com for the link.

Protest Against Insanity Today

I understand there will be a protest today against the Cap and Trade legislation passed by the House of Representatives yesterday. Be there or be square. Noon, at the main courthouse/ federal building at 5th and H Streets in Eureka.

Quotable quote: "The future will show fear of supposed man caused global warming to be the biggest case of mass hysteria in the history of mankind. - Fred Mangels

Good News On Global Warming

Good news from the Wall Street Journal. More and more people are becoming skeptical of global warming.

CO2: The "Pollutant"

Fun read on Carbon Dioxide from Jude Wanniski. It includes,

"... I wondered if there were one mile of greenhouse gas, how much of that would be the result of all of man’s doing. I found that out of 5,280 feet, mankind contributes five-eighths of an inch...".

Quotable quote:

The future will show all this anxiety about global warming and climate change to be the biggest case of mass hysteria in the history of mankind.- Fred Mangels

Buy your own CO2 generator here.