Daily Archives: September 10, 2010

Unbearably stupid polar bear advertising

First let me say this: I like electric cars for city use. I own and drive one. That said, this has got to be the stupidest professionally produced commercial I’ve seen in quite some time. The ad agency that serves … Continue reading

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Posted in media, Ridiculae | 110 Comments

Study: worst climate threat machines still to be built

Main climate threat from CO2 sources yet to be built From press release Stanford, CA— Scientists have warned that avoiding dangerous climate change this century will require steep cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. New energy-efficient or carbon-free technologies can help, … Continue reading

Posted in Climate News, IPCC | 69 Comments

Friday Funny – Lord Oxburgh’s CRU Pie

One of our always sharp WUWT commenters made this excellent Oxburgh pie in response to the story: Lord Oxburgh’s whirlwind whitewash tour ====================================================== stevenlibby says: September 10, 2010 at 10:31 am The way I read the schedule, it looks like most … Continue reading

Posted in Climategate, Humor, Satire | 20 Comments

[Climate] War, what is it good for?

Climate Change Not Linked To African Wars Excerpts from: Quirin Schiermeier, Nature News, 6 September 2010 In his popular 2008 book Climate Wars, the US journalist and military historian Gwynne Dyer laid out a daunting scenario. Climate change would put growing … Continue reading

Posted in Book Review, Politics | 88 Comments

Sea Level Rise: Hype and Reality

UPDATE: The feckless gold digger weighs in here with a chorus of usual suspects. It is quite humorous to watch. Guest post by Thomas Fuller At the conclusion of the last ice age, there was a surplus of ice on … Continue reading

Posted in Opinion, Sea level | 173 Comments

Study: “Arctic was 5C warmer during the (LIG) Last InterGlaciation than at present”

Wikipedia says: The Eemian was an interglacial period which began about 130,000 years ago and ended about 114,000 years ago. It was the second-to-latest interglacial period of the current Ice Age, the most recent being the Holocene which extends to … Continue reading

Posted in Paleoclimatology | 109 Comments