US city of Nome, Alaska blocked by sea ice, emergency fuel couldn't get there without ice breaker...but US had none anywhere in the area, Dec. 2011

US government is so unprepared for cold and ice conditions a key Alaska territory was placed in life threatening circumstances, US had to divert an ice breaker from a distant 'scientific mission' to help get emergency fuel to the area. Billions of US tax dollars spent on so-called "climate" research ignores reality and endangers lives.

12/20/11, "The colder war: U.S., Russia and others are vying for control of Santa’s back yard," Washington Post, Opinion, Heather Conley

"The security cost of the limited capability of the United States in the Arctic became clear this month. Officials in Nome, Alaska, needed a Russian tanker to deliver an emergency shipment of fuel when the city was blocked by sea ice, shifted by a strong winter storm. To escort the tanker, the Coast Guard ship Healy

• had to be diverted from a scientific mission.

It is scheduled to break an ice channel for the tanker

• once the Russian vessel is cleared to enter the Alaskan port

• and will facilitate the tanker’s return to open water.

This past summer, Sweden decided to recall its icebreaker, which was leased to the U.S. government, leaving the United States unable to reach and resupply its scientific station in the other polar region, the Antarctic. Alaskan Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell (R) recently told Congress that “without action, America is putting its national security on the line, and we are going to miss the opportunities of the Arctic while watching other nations advance.”"...(parags. 4 and 5)

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(Ed. note: The author wasn't writing about global warming or climate, just about geographic interests.)

"Heather A. Conley is the director of the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former deputy assistant secretary of state. She is the author of “A New Security Architecture for the Arctic: An American Perspective,” forthcoming from CSIS." "Prior to her experience in the State Department, she was with the international consulting firm led by former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage as Senior Associate."

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What, no surfboarding across the Arctic?

1/9/11, "How can climate scientists spend so much money? (FY 2011 42% increase)," via Free Republic (original site ClimateQuotes.com appears to be inactive but AAAS XXXV source for data, p. 4, remains same, ed.)

"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

NOAA’s total budget request is $5.6 billion, which would be an increase of 17.0 percent. Of this, $437 million would be for climate research funding, which is an increase of $77 million.

• $437 million spent on climate change research

• in one year, in one agency."...

Data from AAAS Report XXXV, FY 2011, p. 4
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With an annual budget of $5.6 billion NOAA misses when it matters most. ed.



Above data from AAAS XXXV, FY 2011, beginning p. 4





via Tom Nelson