There is no reasoned debate in the forums of /. anymore (it was rather sparse to start with). Everyone is either a climate Nazi or fucking stupid, depending on which side you are on. I give up on humanity, or at least the nerd subbranch represented here.

For a summary of the "debate" linking Sandy to global warming see: http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/scientifically-ignorant-tabloid-climatologists-blame-sandy-climate-change In a mad rush to prove who can put out the most inane press release, various warm-mongers, news hacks and climate alarmists have gone on a predictable spree, trying to blame Hurricane Sandy and the resulting disaster in the US Northeast on CO2 levels. Who are these clowns? Even the IPCC issued a statement saying that global warming was not to blame. Have none of these empty headed blatherskites noticed that it has been more than seven years since a major hurricane struck the US, the longest such period since the Civil War? Evidently not, since they continue to spew unscientific twaddle and the news media continues to lap it up like a dog eating its own vomit.

If you want to find out the real story on wind reliability and peak power read this: http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/energy-answer-not-blowin-wind

Actually, there have been a number of scientific papers that find similarities between the current interglacial and one ~400,000 years ago. That one lasted more than 28,000 years, so we may have another 15,000 years of good weather left in the old Holocene. Of course, another 15,000 years of warm weather and all those pesky glaciers will melt, raising the level of the ocean, without any help from SUV drivers.