Here’s Ramirez’ take on the political drought in Kali-stan. I love his caricature of Gov. Moonbeam.
Israel, according to Planet Gore, has solved its drought problem. That country has built desalinization plants along their Mediterranean coastline to provide plenty of fresh water for all their needs.
Hey! Wait! Doesn’t K-stan have a rather large ocean immediately to the west?
With much of the country immersed in frigid conditions, I would feel remiss if I failed to report how the “polar vortex” is affecting us here. This winter, just like last winter, has it’s warmer and cooler days. This image is from earlier this afternoon on our back patio in the shade.
The Greenbats and media (but I repeat myself) will be all over this as being caused by greenhouse gasses, cow farts, etc. People, the climate cycles are nothing we can do anything about.
Both Damsel and I agree that we prefer summer here in the desert and often remark “Add thirty or forty degrees to that temperature – then it would be NICE.”
From the NWS:
A very frigid, arctic air mass will continue to bring dangerous, and in some cases life-threatening, low temperatures and wind chills to parts of the central and eastern U.S. on Tuesday. Wind Chill Advisories and Warnings are in effect for much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation with wind chill values as low as -20F to -50F possible. Temperatures are expected to begin moderating on Wednesday.
But, as The Patriot Post points out:
‘Polar Vortex’ Scaremongering
Remember back in the good ‘ole days when everyone expected winters to be, well, cold? Well, forget that. The Leftmedia is having a field day with this week’s furious Arctic outbreak across a large portion of the U.S., thanks to what is alarmingly being called the “polar vortex.” Climate alarmists were quick to blame the cold snap on variable weather patterns being created by man-made global warming. The Weather Channel wondered, “Is The Record Cold Arctic Outbreak Tied To Global Warming”? while CBS’ Charlie Rose asked, “Is it definitely connected to global warming?” Putting scaremongering aside, the “polar vortex” is an upper-level cyclone that is always present. Pieces of the vortex occasionally break from the cyclone, taking with it pools of sometimes very frigid air. Bottom line: Mother nature gets the last laugh.
As usual, Cold is Hot, Freedom is Slavery, Good is Bad, etc.
Here’s a really COOL (pun intended) cartoon from Gary Varvel that illustrates the nonsense peddled by “climate change Greenbats.”
Found in The Patriot Post Tuesday Humor Email.
Image above via The Patriot Post.
We have been pointing out the hoax aspect of climate change since 2006:
This Saturday evening, a bunch of GREENBATS® will douse their lights to celebrate their ignorance about the true cause of climate variations. They will make their self-righteous symbolic statements that may actually result in increased CO2 emissions from power facilities, all in the name of Earth Hour.
Investors Business Daily carried an editorial on the silliness of this misguided concept:
Earth Hour: Vain Symbolism, Environmentally Unfriendly
Nonsense: For 60 minutes Saturday night, those living in the shallows of our culture will kill their lights during Earth Hour to increase awareness of climate change. Some will feel self-righteous. Nothing will be achieved.
Earth Hour, organized by the World Wildlife Fund, began in Sydney in 2007. It has since spread to 152 countries, where it plumbs the depths of silliness and modern indulgence.
“It may inspire virtuous feelings,” academic Bjorn Lomborg wrote last week, “but its vain symbolism reveals exactly what is wrong with today’s feel-good environmentalism.”
As is often the case with do-good projects, Earth Hour will actually do harm to its goal.
“During Earth Hour (8:30 local time), any significant drop in electricity demand will entail a reduction in CO2 emissions during the hour, but it will be offset by the surge from firing up coal or gas stations to restore electricity supplies afterward,” Lomborg wrote in Project Syndicate, a website dedicated, it says, to “thought-provoking commentaries.”
