Category Archives: empirical evidence

THE RAIN IN TEXAS

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

Not A Lot of People Know That reports on the sudden silence with respect to weather in Texas.  Last year, because of a draught, advocates of anthropogenic global warning (AGW) had wailed about “permanent draught” in the state (Joe Romm), … Continue reading →

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A NEW CLIMATE BLOG

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

I just discovered a comparatively new climate blog called Not A Lot of People Know That.  Good reading, thoroughly documented.  Very much true to the J. Robert Oppenheimer quote chosen as a motto: “We do not believe any group of … Continue reading →

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CHEAP ENERGY, BY THE GRACE OF ALLAH

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

Luboš Motl, a physicist who lives and works in the Czech city of Plzeň (or Pilsen: yes, the home of the original Pilsner Beer), reports very exciting news on his blog, The Reference Frame.  A Pakistani scientist has apparently constructed … Continue reading →

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COOKING WARMING DATA

Posted on July 30, 2012 by

Anthony Watts, writing at WattsUpWithThat, has just announced the results of a five-year study of climate warming trends in the United States.  The study concludes that at least half of the warming trend in the United States is artificial due … Continue reading →

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COFFEE AND DEMENTIA?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

There is an interesting report in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (JAD) concerning an association between blood caffeine levels and retarded or blocked progression of dementia in people. (h/t Medscape) Herewith the relevant portion of the abstract: Although both human … Continue reading →

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BANK OF AMERICA PLANS TO WASTE MORE THAN ITS ENTIRE BAILOUT

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

The Reference Frame caught this extraordinary waste of taxpayer resources – of all places on a Greek (!) business website. The essence of the article is that the Bank of America (BoA) is planning to spend $50 billion over the … Continue reading →

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SPEAKING OF SCIENCE…

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Twelve years ago, in a paper now carefully buried, NASA scientist James Hansen wrote (h/t WUWT): ..we argue that rapid warming in recent decades has been driven mainly by non-CO2 greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as chlorofluorocarbons, CH4, and N2O, not … Continue reading →

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EPA IS DOING HUMAN EXPERIMENTS?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

Anthony Watts’ indispensable science site, WattsUpWithThat, has a post by John Dunn MD JD that delivers evidence of humans being used as guinea pigs in NIH research into the effects of particulate pollutants.   The issue at hand is the … Continue reading →

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YOU ARE, AHEM, WHAT YOU EAT?

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

Here’s another twist in the sorry saga of governmental war on the-most-evil-food-evah. It used to be the eternal truth (of the moment) that salt is supremely evil – and so of course are you, if you use it.  Unfortunately, while … Continue reading →

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IT’S ENERGY DENSITY, STUPID!

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

David Solway, at PJ Media, ably dissects the gradual but inescapable failure of greenism.  It seems that the traditional sources of electrical power (deemed evil by the progressives reactionaries) are the most reliable, least disruptive and most economical ones, whereas the … Continue reading →

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