So… things are bad in Seattle. Heavy snowfall has turned into packed ice, and the packed ice has stuck around for the last 5 days. Why? Environmentalists and their awesome studies (some of the same researchers who work on global warming studies) claim that spreading salt on the road to combat the ice is bad for the environment, opting to spread sand instead.
Turns out… that may not be the case. Oopsie.
The snowplowers themselves have been preaching this forever… but those lowly plowers don’t have the stuffy degrees from universities that the rest of us have on our walls.
Thanks treehuggers. I had to use chains two days last week and my wife slid down a hill in her auto because your “liberal insight” somehow trumps common knowledge.
PS- How’s that Barack fellow working out for you thus far?
- “I have one more recommendation for energy conservation: let’s keep Al Gore’s private jet on the ground.”
-Fmr Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney
Blog reader Drew Thornley had 3 posts yesterday on Planet Gore. Don’t know what Planet Gore is? You silly goose.
You know these UDub scientists weren’t happy with their fidnings:
- Despite previous studies suggesting a warmer climate is already taking a bite out of Washington’s snowpack, there’s no clear evidence that human-induced climate change has caused a drop in 20th century snow levels, according to a controversial new study by University of Washington scientists.
So… if global warming causes hurricanes, and hurricanes give life, isn’t global warming kinda good?
I’m confused, Al. I need a study guide.
- Hurricane Dolly may have shrunk Gulf ‘dead zone’
The oxygen-starved “dead zone” that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday.
There is too little oxygen to support sea life for about 8,000 square miles — just under the record of 8,006 square miles recorded in 2001, said Nancy Rabalais, head of the head of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
Blog reader and energy expert, Drew Thornley had his quotes as the centerpiece of an article at the top of the Drudge Report yesterday.
(For those not in the know: the Drudge Report receives almost 20 million hits per day.)
Every major mountain in Washington state recieved inches (up to 12 in some areas) early this morning… June 10 (10 days before the official start of summer.)
From King5 News:
- Weather Alert
Snow warning in the Cascades – The National Weather Service has issued a snow warning for the Washington Cascades tonight.
Yes… all this global warming is leading to snow just 45 minutes east of Seattle on June 9th. They’re even having to break out the snow plows.
We’re all gonna die… we’re all gonna die.
- The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine this week announced that 31,072 U.S. scientists signed a petition stating that “… There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane or other greenhouse gases is causing, or will cause in the future, catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate…”
[credit: Drake McKenzie]
- “In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%…”
Al Gore’s home in past year could power 232 U.S. homes for a month.
A new article (of many already posted) from blog reader and fighter against all things Al Gore, Drew Thornley.
Another big article for Drew Thornley who was featured on the front of National Review on wind energy.
On wind-generated electricity:
- For wind turbines to produce power, the wind must blow. Because the wind does not blow constantly, wind turbines produce a fraction of their potential generating capacities. Furthermore, winds blows the least during the summer months when electricity is needed the most.
