Real Climate Science

In 1957, Hartford Insurance predicted a permanent drought for southwest Texas.

The prediction of long-continuing drought in south and southwest Texas / Don G. Friedman. – Version details – Trove

At the time the prediction was made, Texas was experiencing a seven year long extreme drought – the worst in Texas history.

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Immediately after Don Friedman made his ingenious forecast of permanent drought,  the drought broke and Texas became very wet.

Texas, Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI), April-March 1896-2012

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Insurance companies make pessimistic climate forecasts because it gives them an excuse to raise their premiums and make more money. They have a blatant conflict of interest, as does the government – who want to raise taxes.

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

– Ariel Durant

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The threat of rising seas has more South Florida officials shifting from “What if?” to “What do we do?” when it comes to dealing with climate change.

South Florida scientists, government officials, representatives from Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties and environmental leaders converged on Palm Beach County Thursday to coordinate their fight against climate change.

Scary as the potential repercussions of climate change — and the potential public costs — may be, officials said the time has come to take action.

South Florida Climate Change Efforts Move Toward Action Stage

Sea level is hardly rising around Florida, and even if it was – they couldn’t stop it.

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On time arrivals are a thing of the past.

Snow causes flight cancellations in northern Europe | News | Breaking Travel News

h/t to Marc Morano

How do you get an organism to destroy itself?

Simple – convince it that something essential for its survival is making it sick. A great example of this is bulimia. If an individual believes that food is unhealthy, it eventually will self-destruct and die.

As far as I can tell, that is the fundamental purpose of the global warming movement. Civilization can not exist without an adequate energy supply, and greens are determined to  make that impossible. They are determined to introduce a fatal imaginary paradox – which will lead western civilization to self-destruct.

Global warming could impact WA ski industry:

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Protect Our Winters (POW), unless carbon pollution is limited, the nation’s ski industry could be impacted. Winter tourism is a $348 million annual business in Washington state, the groups say.

“Without intervention, winter temperatures are projected to warm an additional 4 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century, with subsequent decreases in snow cover area, snowfall, and shorter snow season,” the groups warn in a statement.

Global warming could impact WA ski industry: Report – Puget Sound Business Journal

There are so many things wrong with this that it is difficult to know where to start

US winter temperatures have been declining for 90 years.

Index of /ftp/ushcn_daily

Winter snow is increasing

Rutgers University Climate Lab :: Global Snow Lab

And Washington is having near record snowfall.

Another 6 feet of snow in Cascades since Wed night

But worst of all is the concept that we can “intervene” in the climate. These people are completely insane.

Temperatures on the rapidly melting Greenland ice sheet have risen to -35C, and the ice is too soft for good putting.

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You can’t make this stuff up ….

According to this article, college students are rising up to encourage their universities from divesting in fossil fuels companies, because of climate change problem.

When I was in college, there was an effort among college organizations for their universities to divest from companies who did business in South Africa.

So, in my opinion, what these students ought to be protesting for is (at the least) a carbon tax, to incentivize R&D into non-C energy. Better yet (IMO) is a serious federal research program — $10-20 billion/yr — into technologies like nuclear fusion and air capture and carbon sequestration. Continued tax breaks for solar and wind. Credits for home-based solar panels. Drive up the demand for solar panels, and (unexpectedly) you will help drive down the price.

We can’t stop using energy, and that’s the difference from South Africa

Quark Soup by David Appell: Divestiture from Fossil Fuel Companies