The barking madness of Al Gore

Gore said that one of Obama’s first acts as US president should be to demand a move to 100% renewable energy within 10 years.

"We can do that," he said

Erm, no, we can’t.

We couldn’t even get to the point that all new plant built in a decade was renewable only, let alone make ourselves immeasurably poorer by tearing down the energy production sector that we already have.

It’s not just that we don’t want to do this incredibly stupid thing it’s that there’s no possible way that we could.

Might I just say thanks to those hanging chads that this buffoon never did become the US President?

CBS News reports 20-foot snowdrifts in South Dakota

AP) As snow depth totals approached 4 feet in the higher Black Hills and winds gusting to 50-plus mph continued to howl, top-level state officials had a simple message for anyone thinking of trying to drive in western South Dakota's blizzard: Don't.

And they stressed the storm will keep causing problems as it spreads east through Friday.

"This is a dangerous storm," Gov. Mike Rounds told reporters in a telephone conference call early Thursday evening.

"Western South Dakota is basically under a no-travel advisory."

The storm already has dropped 45.7 inches of snow near Deadwood, in the northern Black Hills. Reports of 10 inches to 2 feet of snow were received from many West River counties. In some towns, residents reported drifts were blocking their doorways.

In Shannon County, in the southwestern corner of the state, 20-foot snowdrifts were reported on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.