The Fathers of Global Warming

Via Drudge, KUSI brings us a fascinating history of the global warming movement, and by this account, it all starts with one scientist looking for a way to keep the funding flowing, and it leads to what our friends on the left might call "Big Science."

As a global warming skeptic, I find this historical arc a little too good to be true from my vantage point, the dots connecting in an almost too convenient manner. Still, it looks like a good jumping off point for further reading on the movement.

Will a strengthening La Nina break global warming trends?

That's what forecaster Joe Bastardi is saying in a column at AccuWeather.com (Just a reminder, a La Nina is the cooling of ocean currents). Here's the paragraph that ties things together:

3) Suppose it gets close or breaks it be a little bit (the record for strongest La Nina). It is still a sign that the oceanic responses to the warming cycle is working! This is what happens in nature, so it's a major thorn in the side of people blaming people. There is not rout and the fight is one to take the earth back to where it was 25-30 years ago when the talk was of ice age (and it will be again). It is simple; look at history and one can see it. But suppose it is right, or close, the implication of this COLD event cannot be underestimated as far as what it means to global temps. This has to be factored into the entire system, and the development of questionable land-based data with suspect thermometers and heat islands has been given unearned credit in the global temps. But it's interesting to note how there is not a lot of attention being given to this La Nina as far as what the LONGER TERM CLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS ARE. It simply gets blamed for everything that goes wrong with the weather, and then somehow it's caused by global warming, which it is, but not human-induced, simply part of the natural cycle.

Is he right? Well, we won't know until we see how his forecast of a very strong La Nina plays out. It'll sink a lot of global warming ships if he is proven out, however.

Do the moose not love the planet?

Gaia must be very disappointed with all of her creatures:

Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting.

Norwegian newspapers, citing research from Norway's technical university, said a motorist would have to drive 13,000 kilometers in a car to emit as much CO2 as a moose does in a year.

Maybe we can fit them with cowtalytic converters?

Freezing nature in time

Standing athwart history, yelling "Stop!" Those famous words launched National Review and conservatism, but they could also very well be the motto for global warming worshippers and enviro-nuts. This earth has been constantly changing since the beginning. All the species of the earth have been helping that change along in our own ways, and we've watched the undulating changes our entire lives. Yet these two groups are digging their heels in trying to freeze everything on the earth into a mythical state that they believe it existed 200 years ago. If there is anything that is not natural, it is that.

Save the Italian wines from global warming!

The global warming hand wringing just keeps getting more and more absurd.

Imagine a world where Scandinavia produces wines to rival Italy's fabled Chianti region. It could come to just that by the end of the century, experts in Italy warn, if global warming continues unchecked.

A study by Florence University linking the effects of rain and temperature to wine production found that increasingly high temperatures and intense rains are likely to threaten the quality of Tuscan wines. Italy's farmers association warned the cultivation of olive trees, which grow in a mild climate, has almost reached the Alps.

"This rise in temperatures will continue in the next years, and they will be too high and unfavorable for the quality of wine," because they cause the grapes to over-ripen, said Simone Orlandini, an agronomist at Florence University and co-author of the study.

Let's say the earth warms to the extent the doomsayers predict. People will adapt-we're pretty good at it, and it is a lot easier for us to adapt to more warmth than more cold. I for one look forward to a good Norwegian wine.

Global warming hearing cancelled due to winter weather

Drudge is reporting that a House hearing on global warming was cancelled because of a winter storm. Here's a word of advice to the global warming crowd: Really push your agenda during the summer months, and then hole up for winter. Winter has a way of making you all look silly to the average person.