Watts Up With That?

Whew! It has been a busy week, with lots of things to report. So rather than
making a blog entry for each one I thought I’d condense them all into one entry
with links.

The emphasis this week seems to be on the sun, and the fact that maybe its
really the sun which has been driving climate change after all. That’s what I’ve
been saying for years, because its just unrealistic to ignore the largest and
single most important contributor to our planets energy balance and to only
focus on made-made CO2 and nothing else.

Here are some headlines and links to the reports:

Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson

comes out against Gore – cites the sun – from the National Review

Sun Blamed for Warming of Earth and Other Worlds – from LiveScience

Gore testifies on Global Warming before congress -
video from
C-SPAN – free RealPlayer required,

download here

Greenlands

Ice pack measured accurately, shown to be shrinking, but alternate cause
suspected – from NASA

NASA Finds

Sun-Climate Connection in Old Nile Records – Pharoahs apparently made some
accurate records

Sun’s Output Increasing in Possible Trend Fueling Global Warming – From a

Duke University paper and Space.com
 

Global Warming expedition to north pole called off due to extreme cold

Biggest solar storm in fify years is expected – from NASA

In the UK Channel 4 produced a new documentary titled:
The Great Global Warming Swindle This is well worth watching, especially if you’ve ever doubted the veracity of such claims, no matter which side you find yourself on.

Through interviews with prize-winning climate experts and others, this masterful documentary explains the origins of global warming alarmism; factually addresses claims of man-made global climate change; exposes the motivations of organizations, scientists and activists sounding the alarm; and explains why it’s been extremely difficult, if not downright career killing, for scientists to question global warming orthodoxy publicly.

While presenting hard facts, it is artfully done, making it watchable for the layman and scientist alike.

You can watch the video here. Its about 75 minutes. You can press the Play button and Pause button if you need a break. If the video player below doesn’t work, here is a <a href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttV2C6B8pU”direct link

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Today I had to do a round trip drive to San Jose to inspect some video transmission equipment and back to Chico all in a few hours. Coming back, I was in stop and go traffic coming across the Benicia-Martinez Bridge (which is being rebuilt)which carries I-680 across Suisun Bay and had a fair amount of time to look at the Ghost Fleet kept by the Navy there.

Officially known as the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) they have all sorts of ships there including the WWII battleship USS Iowa, merchant ships, and an aircraft carrier. There are also some WWI steam ships there too, many in a state of decay.

I was reminded of a boat trip I took down the Delta a few years ago where I got up close and personal with these ships. Some were impressive, others downright spooky. I also remeber finding the crossing of the old Sacramento Northern Electric Railway which went all the way to Chico, and up the Esplande. I’ll tell that story another time.

In the meantime here are some pictures and links of the Ghost Fleet.

Several destroyers and merchant ships, plus a tug.

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