Fossil Fuels Saved The Whales

“The Daily Courier
04 Feb 1939, Sat – Page 6

OIL IN PENNSYLVANIA

One of Pennsylvania’s chief claims to fame is the fact that the oil industry originated and was developed largely within her borders. Few industries have a more fascinating story.

In the 1850’s the industrialization of the United States caused a rapid’ increase in demand for illuminants and lubricants. Whale oil had been widely used for both, and its price soared to $2.50 a gallon, Substitutes were developed, and vegetable oils partly replaced whale oil as a lubricant. In England a method of distilling kerosene from coal was developed, and a coal-oil industry was rapidly growing in this country.”

04 Feb 1939, Page 6 – The Daily Courier at Newspapers.com

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At The Bottom Of The Hockey Stick

Our leading climate academics say the years from 1908-1911 was the coldest four year period on record. In this video I examine the cold, safe and stable climate of 1911.

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Understanding The Climate

Henry Kissinger explained the government theory of global warming.

“Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.”

— Henry Kissinger

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Carbon Offsets “Worthless”

CEO of biggest carbon credit certifier to resign after claims offsets worthless | Carbon offsetting | The Guardian

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Right Wing Russian Agents

“Anything and anyone these people can’t control and censor gets called “right-wing” (or “a Russian agent”). They’re dealing with their collapsed relevance and the contempt the public has for them quite poorly: by lashing out like shrieking hysterics as their ship sinks”

Glenn Greenwald

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They Believe In Science

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Running Out Of Time

Joe Biden says all the world’s top scientists agree we only have a few more years to save the planet from global warming, and he guaranteed he would end fossil fuels, end drilling and run the country off wind and solar.

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Arctic Meltdown

The Arctic meltdown scam continues to collapse, with ice extent close the 1981-2010 average and temperatures near the North Pole about 5C below the 1958-2002 average.

Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt

The leading government experts said the Arctic would be ice-free by 2008.

Expert: Arctic polar cap may disappear this summer_English_Xinhua

North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer

BBC NEWS | UK | Swimmer aims to kayak to N Pole

“there will be no sea ice left in the summer in the Arctic Ocean somewhere between 2010 and 2015. “And it’s probably going to happen even faster than that,” said Fortier, who leads an international team of researchers in the Arctic”

‘Frightening’ projection for Arctic melt

The Daily Reporter – Google News Archive Search

Star-News – Google News Archive Search

Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’

Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014

Wayback Machine

2100 | ecoSanity.org – See. Act. Inspire!


The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search

Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013 | Sierra Club Canada

13 Apr 2013, Page A8 – Battle Creek Enquirer at Newspapers.com

Ice-free Arctic in two years heralds methane catastrophe – scientist | Environment | The Guardian

The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015 – The Daily Beast

A farewell to ice | Review | Chemistry World

And President Obama’s science adviser predicted ice-free winters.

…if you lose the summer sea ice, there are phenomena that could lead you not so very long thereafter to lose the winter sea ice as well. And if you lose that sea ice year round, it’s going to mean drastic climatic change all over the hemisphere.

– John Holdren, 2009 

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Windsor, Colorado Tornado May 22, 2008

On May 22, 2008 Windsor, Colorado was largely destroyed by a 3/4 mile wide tornado with 160MPH winds. I was working a few miles away and got a first hand look at the damage shortly after the tornado passed.

I had my birthday dinner in Windsor a few days earlier, and once again this week – fifteen birthdays later.

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Ignorance And Power

“If we are not able to ask skeptical questions to interrogate those who tell us something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we’re up for grabs for the next charlatan political or religious leader who comes ambling along”

– Carl Sagan

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