Record temps in Twin Cities as the mercury pushes into 90s

Where are all the trolls writing about "Globull warming"? Come on! Write something snide about Al Gore.

Where wrote:

Where are all the trolls writing about "Globull warming"? Come on! Write something snide about Al Gore.

not sure im in international falls and it is 31 degrees here.

Where wrote:

Where are all the trolls writing about "Globull warming"? Come on! Write something snide about Al Gore.

Thought crossed my mind too when I was playing softball tonight. Maybe "those" people realize that weather and climate are actually 2 different things!

Probably not.

I think someone's thermometer is REALLY broken. 97 is oppressively hot. I was outside this afternoon. I didn't think it was more than 85 (Saint Paul).

Skeptical wrote:

I think someone's thermometer is REALLY broken. 97 is oppressively hot. I was outside this afternoon. I didn't think it was more than 85 (Saint Paul).

The humidity level was EXTREMELY low, compared to a "typical" hot Minnesota day. I played softball tonight and remarked about the lack of humidity.

I have now experienced a "dry" heat without leaving Minnesota!

Where wrote:

Where are all the trolls writing about "Globull warming"? Come on! Write something snide about Al Gore.

Here’s an example of why cap and trade doesn’t really make sense.

In order to ‘make a market’ there has to be a “mis-distribution” of permits. The companies that the gov’t considers that don’t pollute as much as others, have to get ‘extra’“emission permits” to sell and the companies that the gov’t considers pollute too much, have to receive ‘less’“emission premits” than they actually need, so there is a need to ‘trade’ with the other companies.

If this isn’t the case then no ‘market’ and hence ‘no trade’ would occur.**IOW, if each company was issued the exact number of permits needed to pollute then there would be no need to ‘trade’.**

So we end up with an example like this (using local companies):

Toledo Edison (just for examples-sake) emits 1 million ton of C02 and/or greenhouse gases a month. They get ‘emission permits’ that allow them to pollute 2 mil. ton a month - again, if not, nothing to trade.

BP emits 3 million ton of ghg’s per month, but they only get emission permits to emit 2 million ton a month, thereby ‘creating a need’ to trade.

Toledo Edison sells their extra permit to BP - and hence Edison “benefits” by being “less polluting” and BP is ‘punished’ by being made to buy permission.**But the end result is still a total of 4 million ton of ghg’s being emitted **- 1 mil tons ghg from Edison and 3 mil tons from BP.

The result is a ‘tax’ on BP and that will be handled in the same manner that all companies that have ever existed, handles a tax - pass it on to their customers. The other result is a ‘subsidy’ to Edison and like any other subsidy that has ever existed, it will decrease any incentive to expand.

Both sides will cost the consumers and the workforce and have NO effect on ghg emissions. IOW, from a socialist view ,“Mission Accomplished”.

These temperature extremes are due to all the carbon spewing industry and cars. I am so glad that Mr. Obama is doing something about this with cap and trade and the new MPG standard. I am disappointed he did not take it farther however. He needs to speed this up by helping those of us that have these older cars that are not fuel efficient to upgrade to a new one. Maybe a guarantee of 10k for trade ins are now in order when upgrading to a fuel efficient model.

Where wrote:

Where are all the trolls writing about "Globull warming"? Come on! Write something snide about Al Gore.

You mean the guy who invented the Internet?

It is about time it heats up!

Wow its warm out. my comment is very simple. If the gov needs more money why don't they charge sales tax on stock and bond sales. This would stop the fluctuation in the stock market and would not hurt long term investors at all. it would only impact the traders out to steal a quick buck off of all of us working people. Instead they tax beer cigs and everything else and the rich get their "own rules". Please forward this to someone who might give a crap about our country, Travis from ceder lake township.

How do these wizard meterologists deseve to get paid? At 7:00 AM on tuesday, they were saying a high of 82 less than 12 hours later it was 97. These meterologists must laugh all the way to the bank.

thissucks wrote:

How do these wizard meterologists deseve to get paid? At 7:00 AM on tuesday, they were saying a high of 82 less than 12 hours later it was 97. These meterologists must laugh all the way to the bank.

Even worse-because where the front was actually going to be, they predicted the high for Tuesday (either Sunday night or Monday) to be in the mid-60's. I was thrilled-I play softball and don't enjoy playing in the heat.

97 is quite different than 65! But the extremes across the state, which were pretty much the extremes across the entire nation, is quite rare. I believe when it was 97 in St Paul, it was raining and cold in Duluth.

Sorry to all of you there in Minnesota, but we're gettin ours in Hawaii, today!