Author Archives: Tony Heller

Government should be participatory. Public engagement enhances the Government’s effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions. Knowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from having access to that dispersed knowledge. Executive departments and agencies should offer Americans increased opportunities to participate … Continue reading →

EARTH’S CLIMATIC CRISIS EXAMINED BY ‘NOVA’ June 24, 1986 The conclusion, conveyed with great authority by several big-league climatologists from government and private research organizations, is terrible: by the year 2000, the atmosphere and weather will grow warmer by several … Continue reading →

Lubbock obliterated their cold record yesterday. It was the first November 12 which did not make it above freezing, and beat the old record by almost 10 degrees.

 http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/

It is pretty entertaining watching a total moron making deals about things he has no control over, and I’m sure the Chinese feel the same way I do. Obama’s “climate” deal allows Chinese CO2 emissions to continue growing in a hockey … Continue reading →

Thirty years ago I took my fiancée canoeing down the Green River in Utah for a week in July. It was on that trip that I learned that after camping in sand for several days, certain activities are extremely problematic. When we … Continue reading →

Shortwave radiation passes largely unimpeded through the atmosphere. It strikes the ground and warms it. The warmed ground emits longwave radiation, some of which is absorbed by greenhouse gases, causing the atmosphere to warm. If there were no greenhouse gases, … Continue reading →

The amount of energy leaving the planet is nearly identical to the amount of solar energy being received. (Radioactive decay in the interior of the Earth makes the outgoing number slightly larger.) Without greenhouse gases, the surface heat would immediately radiate … Continue reading →

I have no interest in BS from either side of the global warming debate.

All of the stations shown below were below 0F (-18C) on November 12, 1940. Forks, Montana was -34F that day, and 0F temperatures were recorded as far south as New Mexico.