I have just 'played' an online uk geography schools key stage 4 'game' entitled

Operation Climate Control.

Funded by DEFRA...

In my mind it is WORSE than 10:10 no pressure..
polite words are currently failing me.....

I will put something detailed together later...

a snippet...

You get hit in the face with a cartoon sea mine 'cartoon' (which explodes in a cartoon manner' everytime you get a survey style question 'wrong'

a question:

Q: PLANTS CAN'T ABSORB ENOUGH Carbon Dioxide

"Plants absorb some of the CO2 in the atmosphere, but as we put more into the atmosphere, and chop down more forests, they can't absorb as much, which makes climate change worse"

Choose How To Deal With This Climate Change Impact

A1: Don't plant more trees, focus on reducing C02 emissions

A2: Plants more trees to absorb carbon

A3: Ecorage the timber industry by builing more buildings from wood

Their correct answer is A1, reduce emmisions, anything else gets an exploding(cartoon) sea mine (spikey world war2 sort) in the face.

A cute cliched 'cartoon youth' character called me a selfis meany at one point.
The game is class focussed, ie registered and the whole class signs in, so everyone can see the 'scores'

no pressure

New open letter from Martin Rees (for some reason found on a Scandinavian news site).

It's worse than we thought (as we thought).

http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2010/10/23/an-open-letter-on-climate-change/

Whoops I messed up, the videos should be here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ThinkAsTheyDoOrElse?feature=mhum

Two short New Climate videos-Skeptics 11th Commandment and No Pressuregate & Juan Williams

The Skeptic's Eleventh Commandment 1:03

Try to guess at the final words to the [Global Warming] Skeptic's 11th commandment before the words appear! Hint: comes from a famous speech by an American politician.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qog4z2lSUCo

No Pressure-gate and the Juan Williams Firing 3:26

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naOdHcbiGvg

Jane Coles: comment added by me to Light Blogging today re GOS, but no answer from them yet.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/geoffrey-lean/8081532/Global-warming-Climate-hawks-win-the-name-game.html

Warmies have picked a new name for themselves, we should now refer to the as Climate Hawks. Hmm, they are certainly hawking something but it smells like the same old rotting carrion, and the only bird involved will be the one we flip in their direction.

Prince Charles's green comitments bear fruit for the family finances.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1323228/Queens-38m-year-offshore-windfarm-windfall--owns-seabed.html

H/T Tax Payers Alliance http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/waste/
Job cuts, anyone?

“Carbon Reduction Officer £18 - £20 per hour
We are currently recruiting for a well known Local Authority in London for a Carbon Reduction Officer. This is an excellent opportunity which has funding until March 2011.
Your role will be to assist in reducing the councils carbon emissions through implementing a programme of energy and water saving measures.

The duties of the post will be to:
1. Gather and collate energy and water consumption data in order to manage consumption and cost.
2. Develop a carbon reduction strategy
3. Liaise with both internal and external clients on energy and carbon reduction
4. Promote and provide carbon and energy reporting services to client departments.

This is an excellent opportunity for a candidate who is knowledgeable in this area as you will be responsible on creating an action plan for the borough”.

Or watch it here on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bab6kDtFTJA

There's an interesting documentary showing on the Histry Channel + 1 at 12 today called Ancient Apocalypse. It's about the drought that ended the Maya and it's connection to the LIA. Repeated again at 5 and 6 this evening. For Sky users that's channels 529 and 530.