All This For 0.01 Degree Celsius -- Joe Bastardi -- August 4, 2015

Posted on August 3, 2015, over at The Patriot Post, this article is getting a lot attention. I might come back to it later.

To show how fossil fuels played a roll in expanding the global pie, there are many more people alive today living longer and enjoying a higher GDP. One has to wonder if someone against fossil fuels is simply anti-progress. Ironic since many in the camp of anthropogenic global warming like to label themselves “progressive.” They’re certainly anti-statistic given something like this staring them in the face.

More:

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy admitted that the steps being taken would only prevent .01 degrees Celsius of warming, but it was the example that counted for the rest of the world.

This in addition to the fact that, in 2011, she admitted she did not know how much CO₂ was in the atmosphere. 

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Brick Wall Of Facts

From Investors.com: Global warming alarmists run into brick wall of facts. And the only way one runs into a brick wall is by not paying attention.

Global warming alarmists must be shaking their heads in disbelief. Just when they felt they had the stars aligned to push their anti-capitalism/free enterprise agenda on the international stage and claim the power that they crave, the climate and scientists have begun to turn against them.

Sydney, Australia, has snow for the first time since 1836. To put this in perspective: in 1836, Andrew Jackson was president of the United States, Victoria was a year away from being crowned Queen of England upon her 18th birthday, and Davy Crockett met his heroic end at the Alamo.

Needless to say, it has been a long time since Sydney has seen snow.

In other news, the Big Island of Hawaii had snowfall in July. Not to be outdone, the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California also had snowfall this July. Antarctica set a new record for ice extent in 2014 and continues to set records for how much ice covers the oceans surrounding this southern hemisphere continent as 2015 progresses.

And to confuse the science-is-settled-on-global-warming crowd even further, some solar scientists are now projecting that due to changes in the sun's cycles, the earth is likely to suffer from what is known as a "Little Ice Age" starting in 2030, as the heat-giving star settles into a very rare pattern of inactivity. Imagine their consternation at learning that the sun actually plays a role in the earth's temperature.

Alarmists are battling the climate record's showing an 18-year hiatus from warming by changing and erasing temperature data collection to create the results needed to justify their continued funding.

The church of global warming is also struggling to explain why the much more reliable satellite temperature data also continue to embarrass them by showing no new warming for almost two decades.

 Much more at the link.

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Headlines From The Los Angeles Times

California is ahead of the game as Obama releases Clean Power Plan. Oh, goodie.

How bad is the traffic in LA metroplex? On 91 Freeway, a $2 billion effort to keep up increasing traffic. Oh, goodie.

Blue Shield of California owes almost $85 million in ObamaCare rebates. Where do folks apply for their rebate? 

India, I can't make this up, rescinds ban on Internet porn after public outrage, ridicule.

"Real Housewives" star Kim Richards arrested for alleged shoplifting at Target. If you are going to shoplift in west Los Angeles, I would recommend Rodeo Drive, not Target.

This is important: five best places to watch the Perseid meteor showers. Start watching the second week of August, specifically the mornings of August 11, 12, 13, and 14, with the best night probably August 13. Moonlight will not obscure this year's Perseid meteors. View to the norteast, after midnight.

2016 Chevy Volt will have longer range, lower price tag: all-electric range of 53 miles. With the federal tax credit, the 2016 Chevy Volt gets a $1,175 price cut, and drops to $26,495. Wow, still too expensive considering one still needs to install a charging station in one's garage and then pay for the electricity, anyway. I don't know if the tax credit of $7,500 still holds true, and I don't know if one gets the full tax credit regardless of tax bracket, but adding $7,500 to $27,000 puts the cost to over $34,000 if one doesn't qualify for the tax credit.  Based on the IRS publication, it sounds like the tax credit of $7,500 still holds true, but the tax credit begins to phase out for a manufacturer’s vehicles when at least 200,000 qualifying vehicles have been sold for use in the United States (determined on a cumulative basis for sales after December 31, 2009).