Monthly Archives: July 2011

http://books.google.com/books Yesterday, the engineer in chief issued new regulations mandating a fuel efficiency hockey stick. http://www.bts.gov Average mileage of the fleet has to go up to 54.5 mpg by the year 2025. Over the last 25 years, it has gone … Continue reading →

19th century tourists watching a devastated Alaskan glacier collapse. Between 1794 and 1879, the glacier at Glacier Bay, Alaska retreated eight feet per day. This was probably due to something which Sarah Palin’s great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather did. http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2001/07/glacierbaymap.gif We now know that … Continue reading →

http://wxmaps.org/pix/prec1.html Joe Romm blames the lack of rain in Texas on denier Rick Perry, but I am not convinced. Texas is also a hotbed of alarmist prophets like Dessler, North, Gammon and Hayhoe – who told us that this was … Continue reading →

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Chris Y reminds us that counting small numbers can be more involved than meets the eye. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk]

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