It is a remarkable thing that the U.K. and Irish parliaments were able to hypnotize themselves and pass climate emergency legislation when the southern half of the planet has not warmed at all in 120 years.  For example, this record of Cape Leeuwin (courtesy of Erl Happ), on the southwest corner of the Australian landmass, shows recent January mean maximum temperature back below the 120 average: Figure 1: Cape Leeuwin January Mean Maximum Temperature 1897–2019. The U.K. and Irish parliaments were able to work themselves up into a lather over climate even though parts of the northern hemisphere set new cold records this last winter.  A spike in food prices due to cold weather might get them to see the world as it really is.  What is happening in the Corn Belt this season may be enough to burn through the global warming groupthink. It has been a very wet and cold start to the 2019 growing season in the Corn Belt, with the consequence that a...(Read Full Post)