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I love this article describing the coldest winter the UK has had in several decades:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34706351/ns/world_news-europe/

Of course, warming alarmists like to scream that “the weather isn’t the climate” – indicating that this is just a fluky thing and not to be considered when talking about temperature increases.

But since this is now at least the THIRD winter in a row where unusually cold weather has hit the US (we are getting hit much harder than usual right now, too) or other areas of the world (record cold and snow in China last year, snow in Baghdad for first time in century, etc.), when does the weather become the climate?   Of course, for the warming religionists, the answer is “only when the weather is extra hot or produces a natural disaster may we consider it ‘climate’”. 

The problem, as I’ve observed before, is not the inanity of the claim.  The Earth HAS been warming for about 500 years, but the cast iron relationship between human fumes and the temperature is clearly fabricated by anyone who can look out a window. 

We have two problems here: first – there will be an eventual backlash against the ‘scientists’ and politicians who are promulgating this foolishness, and any truly valuable initiatives which are seen to be part of it will suffer.  Big problem for non-petrol based energy development; second – the weather/climate itself can hamper some of the renewable resources.  There’s going to be a ton of cold showers if everyone’s solar water heaters are covered in snow!  And inclement weather can do bad things to wind turbines, too.  That leaves solutions like heat pumps as the major fallback at times like these. 

None of which will shut down the development of alternative energy development, but might make for a rougher ride if we aren’t prepared.  So we need to keep our eyes open and moving strategically. 

Sully

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