With the widespread introduction of MMTS and ASOS weather stations over time since 1980, which record instantaneous temperatures every minute with a 10 second response time, spurious instantaneous high temperatures can be recorded as Tmax driving up both the daily temperature average (Tavg) and the daily, weekly monthly and annual Tmax records.
Weather disasters are the journalistic equivalent of potato chips. Betcha can’t eat one. Extreme weather has it all for the news business. Great images, heart-wrenching human stories, lots of blame to spread. And for climate evangelists, it’s self-evident evidence, meaning evidence to oneself. But for those who value data over image or ideology, 2023 doesn’t cut it. While
“The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.” – Bertrand Russell, “An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish”
Originally published here. The Administration war on fossil fuels continues, with reduced lease sales, lease cancellations, new emissions rules for electric powerplants and gasoline and diesel vehicles and electric vehicle mandates. The Administration has less than half a plan for the “all-electric everything” transition. Plans are in place for fossil powerplant shutdowns and