Watts Finds The Truth

You may guess that Watts discovered Al Gore’s experiment had more to do with video editing than science, because one of those things is hard. And Al’s done it before. To be fair, Al couldn’t find a scientist to help with the hard stuff, but he did find a guy who played one on TV.

Read the whole thing, it’s a thorough effort to replicate the Gore video. For those pressed for time or wondering where the next hottie is, here’s the conclusion. Enjoy:

The experiment as presented by Al Gore and Bill Nye “the science guy” is a failure, and not representative of the greenhouse effect related to CO2 in our atmosphere. The video as presented, is not only faked in post production, the premise is also false and could never work with the equipment they demonstrated. Even with superior measurement equipment it doesn’t work, but more importantly, it couldn’t work as advertised.

The design failure was the glass cookie jar combined with infrared heat lamps.

Gore FAIL

The Wizard Is Melting

With the upcoming Gore-a-thon set for September 14th, Gore needs an attention boost more than ever. And that’s not all, the number of people that beleive the sun has a role is growing. 60% of likely U.S. Voters think it’s at least somewhat likely that the level of activity on the sun, including solar flares and sunspots, has an impact on the long-term heating and cooling of the earth’s atmosphere. Just 22% feel that it’s unlikely solar activity influences the atmosphere’s long-term temperature.

From Rasmussen reports:

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows that just 24% of voters consider Gore an expert on global warming. Fifty-nine percent (59%) do not think Gore is an expert on the subject, an increase in skepticism of 12 points since March 2007.  Another 18% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

While a plurality of Democrats (43%) considers Gore an expert on global warming, most Republicans (80%) and voters not affiliated with either major political party (65%) disagree.

Gore may disagree, but most voters believe solar activity has an impact on global cooling and warming. A narrow plurality gives human activity the edge over sun activity, though, when it comes to which one has a bigger impact on the problem.

Gore is viewed at least somewhat favorably by 40% of voters, with 14% holding a Very Favorable opinion of him. Fifty-three percent (53%) regard him at least somewhat unfavorably, including 38% with a Very Unfavorable view.

That’s some bad chakra. Even serial wailer Bill McKibben’s message on “weather is climate, it really is, especially when there’s a hurricane” is falling out of favor too:

With hurricane season in full swing, 41% of American Adults believe global warming is creating climate changes that lead to more extreme weather events.  But that’s down 14 points from June 2008 when 55% felt that way. Forty-three percent (43%) disagree and say global warming is not producing more extreme weather.

I’m melting

New Zealand Enters The Icebox…

Polar blast brings snow to downtown Auckland for first time in 72 years...

…city’s coldest day on record’

Kiwis flummoxed by significant snow

WELLINGTON: New Zealand is shivering through a one-in-50-year polar blast that has brought snow to much of the country, the weather service says.

A bitterly cold southerly blast has caused snow to fall in areas of New Zealand which do not usually receive it, making roads impassable in many areas on both islands, closing airports and cutting power to thousands.

Staff at Wellington Zoo took advantage of the first major snowfall in the capital for 40 years to give the visiting penguin ”Happy Feet” a dip in an icy saltwater pool.

Does NASA Data Show Global Warming Lost in Space?

Yes, why do you ask?

Has a central tenant of global warming just collapsed?

Climate change forecasts have for years predicted that carbon dioxide would trap heat on Earth, and increases in the gas would lead to a planetwide rise in temperatures, with devastating consequences for the environment.

But long-term data from NASA satellites seems to contradict the predictions dramatically, according to a new study.

“There is a huge discrepancy between the data and the forecasts that is especially big over the oceans,” said Dr. Roy Spencer, a research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and U.S. science team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer — basically a big thermometer flying on NASA’s Aqua satellite.

“The satellite observations suggest there is much more energy lost to space during and after warming than the climate models show,” he said. The planet isn’t heating up, in other words.

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Earth May Be Headed Into A Mini Ice Age Within A Decade

Here comes the next climate change, brrr, brrr, brrr — Will it be the next Maunder Minimum.? or worse? or a not quite as bad Dalton Minimum? or nothing at all? The point where the earth switches from our current hot cycle to REAL ice age, is overdue … goodbye global warming, hello global cooling?

What may be the science story of the century is now, as heavyweight US solar physicists announce that the Sun appears to be headed into a lengthy spell of low activity, which could mean that the Earth – far from facing a global warming problem – the earth is actually headed into a mini Ice Age.

Phew, just in time.

The Green Reaper, Hunting Birds

Mark Lynas has a must-read article about the impact of wind farms on bird populations.

I think wind farms are potentially the biggest disaster for birds of prey since the days of persecution by gamekeepers, and I think wind farms are one of the biggest threats to European and North American bats since large scale deforestation. The impacts are already becoming serious for white-tailed eagles in Europe, as is abundantly clear in Norway.  A wind farm – built despite opposition from ornithologists – has decimated an important population, killing 40 white-tailed eagles in about 5 years and 11 of them in 2010.  The last great bustard in the Spanish province of Cadiz was killed by a wind development.  In my experience, some “greens” are in complete denial of these impacts, or hopefully imagine that these bats and birds can take big losses: they can’t because they breed very slowly.

The question for readers —  how much responsibility does Mark Lynas bear for this disaster?

You Know The Global Warming Hoaxers Are Coming

May as well put down a marker, even if the US old media refuses to do so — Tornadoes whipped up by wind, not climate change, say weather officials.

In the aftermath of a severe tornado, owner Frank Evans stands on the rubble that was the Quik Pawn Shop in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. US meteorologists warned Thursday it would be a mistake to blame climate change for a seeming increase in tornadoes in the wake of deadly storms that have ripped through the US south.

So we have to go to the AFP(French Press), for the truth about the USA tornadoes …

AFP – US meteorologists warned Thursday it would be a mistake to blame climate change for a seeming increase in tornadoes in the wake of deadly storms that have ripped through the US south.

“If you look at the past 60 years of data, the number of tornadoes is increasing significantly, but it’s agreed upon by the tornado community that it’s not a real increase,” said Grady Dixon, assistant professor of meteorology and climatology at Mississippi State University.

“It’s having to do with better (weather tracking) technology, more population, the fact that the population is better educated and more aware. So we’re seeing them more often,” Dixon said.

But he said it would be “a terrible mistake” to relate the up-tick to climate change.

The tornadoes that ripped through the US south this week killed over 250 people, in the worst US weather disaster in years, with residents and emergency workers sifting through the rubble on Thursday.

Violent twisters that famously rip through the US south’s “Tornado Alley” are formed when strong jet winds bringing upper-level storms from the north interact with very warm, humid air mass from the Gulf of Mexico, said David Imy from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.

On Wednesday, a particularly potent storm was whipping up around the heart of that tornado-prone corridor where the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, eastern Texas and northwest Louisiana meet, noted Kristina Pydynowski, a senior meteorologist at the AccuWeather.com website.

Sparking the severe thunderstorms from that point was the much warmer air arriving from the south, over the tropical Gulf. The combining winds at differing altitudes, said Pydynowski, created “significant twisting motion in the atmosphere, allowing the strongest thunderstorms to spawn tornadoes.”

Such a mixture would not be prevalent along the US eastern seaboard, so rough weather in that region Thursday would not also spawn tornadoes, at least on the same scale, she said.

Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), also dismissed Thursday climate change as a factor in the deadly tornadoes: “Actually what we’re seeing is springtime,” he said.

“Many people think of Oklahoma as ‘Tornado Alley’ and forget that the southeast United States actually has a history of longer and more powerful tornadoes that stay on the ground longer.”

Wednesday’s deadly tornadoes, according to Imy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were unusual for being “long track,” meaning they were on the ground for a longer period of time than usual — in this case, roiling across the land for 30 miles (48 kilometers) or more.

An average track would be less than five miles, said Imy.

However, the stronger-than-usual tornadoes affecting the southern states were actually predicted from examining the planet’s climatological patterns, specifically those related to the La Nina phenomenon.

“We knew it was going to be a big tornado year,” he said. But the key to that tip-off was unrelated to climate change: “It is related to the natural fluctuations of the planet.”

Standby, the gloabal warming hoaxers will be right along.

The Snows Of Kilimanjaro: Their Back!!!

Natural climate variability, a new thing to most global warming hacks.

Standing as the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is slowly regaining its snow after several years of drought in East Africa and the effects of climate change in African continent.

Yes drought …

The snow is slowly mounting on the top point of the mountain, giving new hopes to Mount Kilimanjaro environmental watchdogs and tourists that the mountain may not lose its beautiful ice cap as scientists predicted.

Well now, it’s just fine now. Always was, nature doesn’t care what politicians say, about anything.

Covered in mist most of the day, Mount Kilimanjaro is the most tourist attractive site in Tanzania, pulling in tens of thousands of tourists each year. The snow, which once disappeared in some parts of the mountain is mounting slowly, giving a beautiful view of the Kibo peak.

Predictions of all gone, are all gone.

More here:

February U.S. Temperature – 8.26 F Cooler Than The Warmest February

The official massaged and manipulated temperature data is out, and even with all their fudge, they can’t fix what is actually happening —- And the cooling continues – Sorry this should of course be that the rapid warming continues in an accelerated pace, according to the UN IPCC.

And remember, these are the official figures:

February temperature 1900-2011“The average temperature in February 2011 was 34.0 F. This was – 0.6 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 51st coolest February in 117 years. The temperature trend for the period of record (1895 to present) is 0.3 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.”

This year, the February temperature is – 8.26 F cooler than 1954, the warmest February. And if we compare this year’s February with 1930 it is – 6.92 F cooler. If we compare with 2000 this year’s February is – 6.59 F cooler. And if we compare with 1992 is – 6.48 F cooler

This February is – 0.66 F degrees cooler than the average for 1900-2011.

And notice the dramatic rise from 1929 to 1930. A rise of 13.12 F degrees.

That’s what I call RAPID WARMING and an eminent threat to humankind!

And we all know what happened – USA ceased to exist because of this catastrophic rise in temperature.

Except it didn’t – nothing happened. Everything went on as normal.

So much for fudge…

More Clunkers, Please

Feed the fraud, the AGW lies that won’t die. What is it about a president who lies?

The totally whacked out, EPA has now approved E-15, so we can get those ethanol producers to burn even more fuel, in a futile attempt to lower gas mileage to zero. dumb meet dumb-ass.

Obama’s dumb-asses plow on with destroying the people’s cars.

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the use of a 15% ethanol-85% gasoline blend (“E15″) in cars made from 2001 onwards. Automakers and other parties have protested that these vehicles are not designed for E15 and may be damaged; and that owners of older vehicles may accidentally use E15, since the gas nozzles are identical. The decision was made based on Energy Department testing, and was spurred by Congress’ demand that ethanol usage be increased across the nation.

The use of E15 in 2000 and earlier cars, along with small engines (e.g. snowmobiles and lawnmowers), remains banned.

The auto industry, including both domestic and foreign manufacturers, has lobbied against the rules, claiming that the stronger blend can cause breakdowns, emissions issues, and possibly safety problems. Major automakers, boat makers, and lawnmower manufacturers filed a lawsuit last month to block the plan. The plan was also opposed by energy, farm, and food trade groups, who warned that using increasing amounts of corn to feed cars rather than cows would raise food prices.

And food prices, up up and away!!! America will be Kenya shortly.