Monthly Archives: June 2014

One of the standard alarmist claims is that Methane is 30 times more potent than CO2 at wrecking the climate, and that cow farts threaten the future of humanity. Radiative transfer model show that methane has almost no effect on … Continue reading →

Zeke wants me to use temperature anomalies instead of absolute temperatures. Here is why you can’t do that. The graph below shows how NCDC tampers with the US temperature record, to create a non-existent warming trend. Here is NCDC’s 1991 version … Continue reading →

The EPA says that the coldest winter on record in the US wasn’t cold. They show that 20% of the US was cold this past winter, making it one of the warmest winters on record in the US. High and … Continue reading →

Prior to 1960, Wisconsin had very hot summers. Now hot summers are rare there. 70% of their hundred degree readings occurred before 1940, and 83% occurred before 1960.

Below 320 PPM CO2, 100 degree temperatures in the US Midwest were common – but they rarely happen any more.

TimesMachine: November 29, 1912 – NYTimes.com

I used RRTM LW (the model Trenberth uses) to calculate the effects of increasing CO2 on downwelling longwave radiation, otherwise known as measuring the greenhouse effect of CO2. As you can see, the effect of increasing CO2 is minuscule. Even in the mid-latitude winter, … Continue reading →

In the US they want you to pay to watch the World Cup, but in Mexico it is free. You can see the  Chile-Oz match here australia-at-chile-on-2014061

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I have been fighting for open space and wilderness since I was 15 years old, when I testified at my first Congressional hearing in support of a wilderness area in Utah. I have also worked as a wilderness ranger for … Continue reading →