Nome Worried About Running Out Of Fuel

Last week the climate liars were claiming that missing sea ice was eroding away the Bering Sea coast of Alaska. It turns out that there is so much sea ice that they may run out of fuel this winter.

The ocean has frozen in Nome before last fuel barge made its delivery. Will we have enough fuel to last through the winter? We’ll find out.

http://twitter.com/#!/akscojo/status/140204320082755585

h/t to Marc Morano

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12 Responses to Nome Worried About Running Out Of Fuel

  1. avatar B.C. says:

    Everyone knows that warm water freezes faster than cold water. It’s undeniable. ;-)

    • avatar Dave N says:

      Apparently, it can sometimes:

      http://www.desy.de/user/projects/Physics/General/hot_water.html

      I guess it’s something anyone can try at home; not that I have.

    • avatar ericsimpson says:

      Sounds like you’re making fun of the science, which includes Nobel prizes. Yes, the warm water freezes faster. It’s counterintuitive, and complex of course, but I’ll try to simplify.

      It’s the “Mpemba effect” (Dave’s link is to a serious article, not a joke article). In short, the warm water circulates faster, so its structure is going to change faster (think convection, evaporation, dissolved impurities, undercurrents, incomplete refrigeration, sublimation, overcurrents, wave impasses, atmospheric plasma interactions, and salinity segregations). It freezes faster. You have heard of “supercooled water” — it is ~0 degrees F, and liquid, unfrozen. Proof that getting very cold impedes freezing.

      And these warmer oceans also cool the land, just as we have seen (and predicted, I might add). So this cooling is actually warming, but the public (little people) won’t necessarily understand this, so we need to change “global warming” to “climate change.”

    • This was in my Readers Digest Junior Book when I was a kid!!

      From memory, hot water freezes quicker because it has bubbles in it, or something, innit?

  2. avatar Dave N says:

    Reality bites

  3. avatar Ralph says:

    From the above facts I’ve learned that when I’m cold I’m actually hot, so on cold Florida winter days I really don’t need a coat to stay warm. I’m already warm, I just don’t know it.

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