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Spain produces solar energy at night Posted: 15 Apr 2010 04:05 AM PDT Bloomberg and various German media (EN) and Spanish media (EN) have revealed that Spain is able to produce solar energy at night, too. The global warming has breached the tipping point so that the Sun is shining not only during the daytime but during the nighttime, too. Unless the solar energy was actually lunar energy, we're doomed. ;-) Between November 2009 and January 2010, about 4,500 megawatt-hours of electricity was pumped by "solar sources" into the Spanish grid after the midnight but before 7 a.m. The subsidized...

EPA to let states address rising ocean acidity By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer Gene Johnson, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 22 mins ago SEATTLE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will consider ways the states can address rising levels of carbon dioxide in oceans. The agency on Thursday settled a lawsuit filed last year by the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. The problem stems from oceans absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and results in the rising acidity of the water. It seriously threatens shellfish and other marine life. The lawsuit accused the EPA...

Reconstructions of temperature over the past 1000 years have been an highly visible part of IPCC presentations to the public. CRU has been extremely influential in IPCC reconstructions through: coauthorship, the use of CRU chronologies, peer review and IPCC participation. To my knowledge, there are no 1000-year reconstructions which are truly “independent” of CRU influence. In my opinion, CRU has manipulated and/or withheld data with an effect on the research record. The manipulation includes (but is not limited to) arbitrary adjustment (“bodging”), cherry picking and deletion of adverse data. The problem is deeply rooted in the sense that some forms...

Repower America Reports the Facts February 23, 2010 : 2:46 PMWith all the climate deniers spreading lies about the climate crisis in the media, it's vital we arm ourselves with the facts. Thankfully, Repower America put together a great fact sheet explaining the relationship between the climate crisis and extreme weather: "Fact: Climate change causes more frequent and severe snowstorms Record snowstorms need two things: temperatures below freezing, and very high humidity. On a planet warmer by a few degrees on average, the Northeast US will still have plenty of days below freezing; the big difference will be warmer seas...

Solving global climate change can help ensure America’s securityFighting global warming is one way to ensure the security of our nation — if left unchecked, global warming could lead to civil strife, economic stress, conflicts over water and other resources, mass migration, and increased terrorism. The Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate is dedicated to highlighting the climate-security nexus in order to advance discussions and solutions that will make the United States safer, more prosperous, and secure. Learn More About The Project

Part 1 of 2 - Highlights of Lord Christopher Monckton's Melbourne Presentation at the Sofitel Melbourne.

Dear Mr. de Boer: The United States is pleased to inform you, through this letter, of its desire to be associated with the Copenhagen Accord. Attached please find the submission of the United States concerning its emissions reduction target, in the format set forth in Appendix 1 to the Copenhagen Accord, for compilation in accordance with paragraph 4 of the Accord. The U.S. listing is provided on the assumption that other Annex 1 Parties, as well as the more advanced non-Annex 1 parties, have, by January 31, associated with the Accord and submitted mitigation actions for compilation in accordance with...

SUMMARY FOR POLICYMAKERS 1. Instrumental temperature data for the pre-satellite era (1850-1980) have been so widely, systematically, and unidirectionally tampered with that it cannot be credibly asserted there has been any significant “global warming” in the 20th century. 2. All terrestrial surface-temperature databases exhibit very serious problems that render them useless for determining accurate long-term temperature trends. 3. All of the problems have skewed the data so as greatly to overstate observed warming both regionally and globally. 4. Global terrestrial temperature data are gravely compromised because more than three-quarters of the 6,000 stations that once existed are no longer reporting....

The Hitlerettes of “SustainUS” Here in Copenhagen, the “global warming” conference is hotting up despite the freezing weather. A couple of nights ago, a peaceful meeting of Americans for Prosperity was broken up by several dozen chanting preppie goons from SustainUS, a Hitlerian environmental pressure-group largely funded by US taxpayers. The thugs and thugettes were determined to exercise their right of free speech at the expense of ours. These animals’ loutish assault on our meeting, and my conversation about it the next day, have gone viral on the internet as people realize – many for the first time – that,...

With all the news of Al Gore being the first "Carbon" billionaire it looks like he's finally being called out by the media. I hope Monckton calls him out again! 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Eastern time

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You won't want to miss Lord Christopher Monckton (Former advisor to UK Prime Minister Thatcher) on Glenn Beck Friday, October 30th! He will be on, with former UN Ambassador John Bolton, for the full hour. The topic will be all aspects of the Global Warming Scare and the push for a “new world order” to “deal” with it. Expect fireworks! FOX cable Glenn Beck Show 5:00pm Eastern time zone

Lance Corporal Brandon Lara comes back home to Texas.

My father collects older military weapons and the other day he asked me if I could find him an SKS and a Mosin-Nagant Rifle. He said he has always meant to buy them, and they have always been plentiful and inexpensive...so he never worried about it. He thought he could eventually find one somewhere. Well...things are getting scarce...so now I'm on a mission. I found the SKS, the 1891 Mosin-Nagant, and just for kicks I bought this really cool revolver (1895 Nagant). All are in excellent unissued condition. Here's the rub...I can't find ammo for the revolver! Now I know...

There is, perhaps, no subject that currently stands greater in importance—not to mention confusion, hype and hysteria—than the topic of climate change (formerly referred to as global warming). Regardless of man’s influence on the climate, policies under active debate and consideration could entirely change the way that we produce, and consume, energy to fuel our economy and lifestyle. This issue spans the globe, impacting both developed and developing countries. Whether the planet is in peril, or whether the risk is an artifice, potential climate change legislation will come with inescapable consequences, both intended and unintended; yet, the climate benefits may...

I heard today that Charlie Crist wants Martinez's Senate seat. I heard that Martinez is thinking of stepping down leaving a vacancy. Crist wants the seat, so he wants to step-down too. Lt. Governor Kottkamp would then appoint Crist to the seat. This way he is the incumbent during the election campaign. I just want this to be on record on FR if it happens.

Europe’s current policy and strategy for supporting the so-called “green jobs” or renewable energy dates back to 1997, and has become one of the principal justifications for U.S. “green jobs” proposals. Yet an examination of Europe’s experience reveals these policies to be terribly economically counterproductive. This study is important for several reasons. First is that the Spanish experience is considered a leading example to be followed by many policy advocates and politicians. This study marks the very first time a critical analysis of the actual performance and impact has been made. Most important, it demonstrates that the Spanish/EU-style “green jobs”...

The scare: In March 2009, Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, director of a grandsounding pressure-group called the “Potsdam Institute for Climate ImpactResearch”, said that “global warming” of 7 Fahrenheit degrees would wipe out all but1 billion of Earth’s 7 billion human population. Mr. Schellnhuber said, “In a very cynical way, it’s a triumph for science, because at last we have stabilized something – namely the estimate of the carrying capacity of the planet – fewer than 1 billion people.” The planet, of course, is somehow currently carrying seven times that number. The previous month, Dr. James Hansen of NASA had predicted that “global...

Summary for Policy Makers Carbon credits are a form of fiat currency, yet as calls for carbon trading grow, ironically, another fiat currency collapses—destroying life savings, wiping out jobs, and taking down historic institutions overnight. Fiat money has a long history of failure, corruption and fraud. The inevitable booms, busts and inflation act as an invisible tax, transferring wealth from people who work and save to speculators, middle men, and crooks. The US dollar—sovereign issue of a great capitalist, democratic nation—is on life support. So far at least eight hundred billion dollars has been created from thin air to...