Category Archives: ridiculae

Quote of the Week – BONUS Krugman insanity edition

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

I had no more than published the QOTW yesterday, and this one popped up. I’m of the opinion now that NYT economist and columnist Paul Krugman has gone insane, because nobody with any intact cognition would make a statement like … Continue reading →

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Global warming – splodeified

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Via Tom Nelson, no wonder they hate nuclear power so much, they don’t see any difference! Global warming increasing by 400,000 atomic bombs every day | The Vancouver Observer The amazing persistence of CO2 in the air has allowed billions … Continue reading →

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Crying over the carbon footprint of spilt milk

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

From the University of Edinburgh via Eurekalert, just scratching the surface of this press release suggests something’s gone sour, the numbers they cite don’t make for much concern in the larger context of things. See below. Milk poured down Britain’s … Continue reading →

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Climate craziness of the week – paleotootology

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

I don’t have much comment on this, as the press worldwide has pretty much said it all. I await the coming comparisons between, ahem, human emissions, and dinosaur emissions. Click image for the story. It’s another modeling extrapolation. From the … Continue reading →

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Rosie O’Donnell has a winter coat for sale

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Guest post by Mark Johnson What would the climate change debate be without a quote from Rosie O’Donnell. Al Roker was interviewing the talk show host on a Weather Channel segment Monday morning during “Wake Up with Al.” Here’s how … Continue reading →

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Racing To The Mountaintop at 0.4 Metres Per Year

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Anthony highlighted a study called “Recent Plant Diversity Changes on Europe’s Mountain Peaks” (paywalled here , hereinafter Pauli2012). The Supplementary Online Information (SOI) is here. The study concluded that the plants had moved vertically up … Continue reading →

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Oh noes! Global Warming has driven Europe’s Mountain Plants to Migrate 2.7 m Upwards in 7 Years

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

The precision, down to a tenth of a meter, calculated by the University of Grenada in their press release below is simply stunning. I wonder what the error bars are on 2.7 meters over seven years of the study? And, … Continue reading →

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McKibben connects the weather dots on sh** happens

Posted on April 21, 2012 by

Oh boy. The propaganda gets thicker. It’s a Forrest Gump moment. Billy McKibben connects the weather dots, except it spells out nothing more than – sh** happens. This is one of the most hilarious propaganda videos I’ve ever seen, showing … Continue reading →

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The National Wildlife Federation Jumps The Shark

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach SOURCE It doesn’t happen often … some would say not often enough … but I’m speechless.

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Vampire bats? Must be a slow news day at Climate Progress

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Almost every day, the ridiculo-meter pegs over at Joe Romm’s place. But today is special. He neuters his own headline in the very first paragraph. I just had to share the laughs. Yes, the vampire bats are coming to get … Continue reading →

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Friday Funny – a glass half hot or half cold?

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Gordon Fulks writes in about this humorous headline showing how the media catastrophises even simple things like a pleasant weekend forecast: Hello Everyone: Just to provide a little balance to the story about snow and cold in the Pacific Northwest … Continue reading →

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I guess we must be having an effect

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

This ad has been running on some WUWT stories, urging people to save the EPA from the “deniers” that are apparently “running the conversation”. Heh. When you see the ad, clicking on it allows you to use a form to … Continue reading →

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Unsustainable: CSUC Campus cops ditching Diggler electric scooters

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

From the Chico Enterprise Record This is another one of those “brilliant” sustainable ideas by the sustainability cabal at Chico State University (inspired by Dr. Mark Stemen) gone horribly wrong. Looking at the photo, you just have to laugh. Cops … Continue reading →

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Food fight: CO2 makes us fatter

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Well, this is amusing. But, after looking at some numbers on food production, it may simply be that CO2 is helping us grow more food. And what happens when a well fed population has more food? It eats it of … Continue reading →

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Best – warming – headline – evah

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

I’ve been getting a lot of pressure to cover the story by warmspinner Richard Black over at the BBC about a supposed feedback between Arctic sea ice and colder, snowier, winters in the UK and the EU. For example, WUWT … Continue reading →

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Why, yes, linking climate change to Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes DOES seem “to be bordering on the insane”

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

Don’t worry, this guy is just trying to sell a book conveniently located on the left sidebar of the Guardian. I hear there’s a two for one special with Chariots of the Gods on Amazon. Get a load of some … Continue reading →

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The president’s fuel from algae idea – “Lower Than Pond Scum”

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

Guest post By Alan Caruba Between 1955 and 1959 I was a student at the University of Miami. It was perhaps the best four years of my life and remembered fondly for its combination of fun and learning. On Thursday, … Continue reading →

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A fish story from Antarctica

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

From Yale University: Fish of Antarctica threatened by climate change A Yale-led study of the evolutionary history of Antarctic fish and their “anti-freeze” proteins illustrates how tens of millions of years ago a lineage of fish adapted to newly formed … Continue reading →

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Your tax dollars at work: an NCAR cartoon on steroid use in baseball and compared to climate change

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

From the video description: AtmosNews takes a lighthearted look at an unexpected analogy, explaining why some people call carbon dioxide (and the other greenhouse gases) the steroids of the climate system. Statistics and extreme behavior are involved, whether we’re talking … Continue reading →

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Cites and Signs of the times

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve been involved in climate science for a while now, this is not my first rodeo. And I’ve read so many pseudo-scientific studies that I’m starting to develop a list of signs that indicate when … Continue reading →

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Phobos-Grunt demise shows BBC’s (and Daily Mail’s) bad science tendency

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

OK, The “Grunt heard round the world” is no more, apparently burning up over the Pacific. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the probe and what fragments made it through the atmosphere fell about 775 miles west of Wellington Island. In looking … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – Dr. James Hansen of NASA GISS, unhinged

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

“The Oceans will begin to boil…” – yes he actually said that, along with some other silly things. Watch this video:

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Al Gore games the climate

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

After Gore’s 24 hours of climate reality back in September, I thought that he’d pretty much hit rock bottom with faking the science in it. Even Nature thought it was dumb. I thought we couldn’t possibly see anything stupider than … Continue reading →

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Be careful today and tonight, billions may die

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

UPDATE: January 1st, 2012 – still here, no reports of mass deaths at the last minute. – Anthony Global warming may go on a last minute rampage. Maybe best to just stay at home and lock your doors, bar your … Continue reading →

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Birds apparently can’t outfly climate change

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

From Duke University , another Durban doozy, yes we’ll have roasted fowl in the trees because they may not be moving fast enough. Climate change driving tropical birds to higher elevations DURHAM, N.C. — Tropical birds are moving to higher … Continue reading →

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