North Sea Gas “Saves Britain Billions a Year”
2 hours ago
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Evil oil companies conspire to block Gore's simple solar plan
From this post:
Gore mentioned a few statistics that drove home the notion that we actually have the capability to be oil free with existing technology. If, he said, we were to build on a 90 mile x 90 mile tract of land in the Southwest a field of solar panels, we would have enough electricity to power the entire United States. So, why don't we build it? What is stopping us?
Well, he gave one possible answer - the oil companies. Apparently, according to Gore, the oil companies drive up prices reducing supply and then depress them in a telling pattern. As soon as the political will swells to a light boil, the companies reduce prices/increase supply. And we, really the pols that be, fall for it all the time and the political will it is vanquished.
"Fighting Global Warming Block by Block"
Fighting Global Warming Block by Block - washingtonpost.com
SEATTLE -- King County Executive Ron Sims has a simple test for every new public works project, building plan or government land purchase: Will it increase the region's total greenhouse-gas emissions, or reduce them?
"We are totally committed to reducing emissions, but it requires rethinking the way we do our activities," Sims explained. "People are saying, 'But we've always done it this way.' We're saying, 'That way doesn't work in an age of global warming.' "
Climate Change and the Commercial Fishery: A Note from Walter Starck
Jennifer Marohasy: Climate Change and the Commercial Fishery: A Note from Walter Starck
I have never seen a more succinct and telling argument to refute carbon dioxide governed climate change than the following graph from a study by L.B. Klyashtorin pubished as a technical paper by the United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organisation.
Snow and cold weather in May hampers production of ethanol allegedly needed to fight global warming
The Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Late storms slow area farmers
“These days, during cold weather, it’s actually better to have snow covering the fields,” John Haarstad said. “The snow reflects the heat and insulates the ground. On the uncovered areas, however, a freeze into the ground could damage the corn seeds. We won’t know the extent of any damage until the sprouting process begins.”
As of Tuesday the problems were the cold nights. The Haarstads looked forward to warmer days, getting rid of the remaining snow, and returning to the fields for corn planting.
“When we do get back into the fields, it may be a slower process due to more potholes,” Mike Haarstad said. “Even so, we might be able to finish the corn planting in six or seven days, if all goes well.”
One thing they’re hoping for is not having to retill the soil — the agricultural preparation of the soil by digging it up in preparation for planting.
About half of their fields will be planted with corn and the other half with soybeans. Later in the year they will haul the corn to the nearby ethanol plant northwest of Fergus Falls.
Time Running Out On Corn
Time Running Out On Corn; Blizzard in S. Dakota « Global Warming: A Worn-Out Hoax
Only 10% of the crop is in, as of April 28. Normally by now, 35% of the crop is planted.
Charlie Munger on ethanol at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting today
Liveblogging the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting - The Curious Capitalist - Justin Fox - Economy - Markets - Business - TIME
11:54 a.m. A guy from Arizona asks a question about worldwide food shortages. Munger fields that one: "The policy of turning American corn into motor fuel is one of the dumbest ideas in the history of the world." The crowd--remember we're in Nebraska--erupts in appluase. "This idea is so dumb." says Munger, "I think it's probably on it's way out."
Throw The Bums Out
IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- Throw The Bums Out
Elections: U.K. voters resoundingly rejected the Labour Party in local elections last week. It was no capricious shift, but a citizen revolt against trendy carbon and nanny-state taxes that empower only bad government.
For much of the year, it's too cold in Duluth to use their new $1,700 scooters to fight global warming
Here.
From the July 18, 2007 Mayor's Minute here:
From the July 18, 2007 Mayor's Minute here:
The Ride to Work organization advocates and supports the use of motorcycles and scooters for transportation, and provides information about transportation riding to the public. On Wednesday, July 18 I rode a scooter donated by London Autobody to and from work in order to help limit my own contribution to global warming and promote Ride to Work Day. Compared to automobiles, scooters and motorcycles have a significantly reduced output of carbon monoxide and other gases which contribute to global warming. The use of motorcycles and scooters for transportation can have a significant impact in slowing global warming.
Ride to Work Day was a wonderful way to promote Earth-friendly means of transportation. However, Ride to Work day should not just be one day, it should be every day. Everyone has a responsibility to take steps to reduce their own contributions to global warming. You can ride to work on a motorcycle, scooter or bicycle. You can walk to work if you live close enough, or carpool with a friend. You can rollerblade or skateboard to work; or even ice skate to work in the winter time.
“No Working Papers”, “No Correspondence”
Climate Audit - by Steve McIntyre » “No Working Papers”, “No Correspondence”
The IPCC Review Process is supposed to be “open and transparent”. The ink is barely dry on AR4. And yet here we have the unedifying spectacle of public officials “not keeping” any working papers and claiming to be unable to locate any relevant correspondence.
It’s All Unravelling
Global Warming Politics ü
Oh dear! The inevitable is happening. The ‘global warming’ trope is unravelling on a daily basis - scientifically, economically, and politically. The wheels are coming off the hysterical bandwagon, and it is not going to be a salutary sight watching the politicians and the media junkies jumping cart and trying to throw mud in everyone’s eyes.
"Clear-Eyed Clinton Gaining on Obama as Voters Fearing Pauperization Demand Lower Gas Prices"
China Confidential: Clear-Eyed Clinton Gaining on Obama as Voters Fearing Pauperization Demand Lower Gas Prices
For the first time in years, voters seem skeptical that solar, wind, ocean waves and currents, biofuels and other so-called renewable sources of energy can replace gasoline, petroleum-based diesel, home heating oil, natural gas, and propane to any significant degree in the foreseeable future. The water-gulping, energy-intensive biofuel, or agrofuel, ethanol, which Obama touts as a "transitional solution," is increasingly unpopular as it contributes to food inflation by driving up the price of corn oil and animal feed. Motorists also complain that ethanol added to gasoline results in poorer performance and mileage; and some scientists say ethanol actually makes the air dirtier.
Friday, May 02, 2008
Venture Firm Puts Millions in Green Companies Gore Has Stake In
Venture Firm Puts Millions in Green Companies Gore Has Stake In | NewsBusters.org
Excerpt:
Starting to make some sense? Gore and this VC firm invest in the same companies, all which will benefit from the enactment of legislation requiring industry to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and then they travel the world lobbying governments to do exactly that.
Climate Change: Our Greatest Challenge...Except for a Few Others
Washington Policy Center Blog: Climate Change: Our Greatest Challenge...Except for a Few Others
One year ago, I wrote a piece arguing that the environmental community doesn't really care about climate change. How else to explain the many counterproductive policies some advocate? I wrote that "In Washington state, green power advocates actively oppose our largest source of renewable energy that emits no carbon - hydro power. While they claim that no new sources of significant hydro power exist, they added additional barriers by classifying major hydro as non-renewable in the renewable energy initiative passed last year."
London Mayor Livingstone, an Al Gore disciple, has been voted out of office
Policitians around the world should take a careful look at this story.
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Update: The story at the first link below has been taken down. From this newer Telegraph article:
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From this Telegraph article:
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Update: The story at the first link below has been taken down. From this newer Telegraph article:
Boris Johnson is poised to win in the London mayoral electionI haven't yet seen an article that gives Johnson's purported margin of victory.
While bookmakers earlier this afternoon paid out to people who had backed Mr Johnson, official results from the polls will not be available until more than 24 hours after polls closed at 10pm yesterday.
The failure to produce a result initially expected in the early evening is an embarrassment for the vote organisers who admitted that computers used to count the votes simply could not cope with the level of turnout.
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From this Telegraph article:
Boris Johnson has become the most powerful Conservative politician in the land after pulling off an overwhelming victory in the contest to become Mayor of London.From this March 25 article:
Ken Livingstone sought to turn the mayoral race into a "green election" today as he unveiled his environmental policies for a third term.From my related post here:
Mr Livingstone made clear he views 1 May as a referendum on his policies to tackle climate change and protect the health of Londoners.
Aides claimed it would be the first election in British history to be decided largely on environmental issues.
The Mayor put his plans for a £25 congestion charge on gas guzzlers at the heart of his re-election bid and claimed that neither Boris Johnson nor Brian Paddick were in tune with voters' passion for urgent action on global warming.
At about the 23:30 mark of the podcast, Livingstone uses phrases like "really damaging" and "terribly demoralizing" to describe the effects on alarmists if he were to be voted out of office.
At about the 26:50 mark, Livingstone says that after Bush leaves office, Boris Johnson would be "the most high profile politician anywhere in the English-speaking world still in denial [over global warming]".
At about the 27:30 mark, Livingstone refers to Boris as "in environmental terms, the Antichrist".
Global Cooling?
Anti-Strib: Global Cooling?
If we can't trust these computer models, as this new study certainly seems to suggest, are you still willing to radically change your life style and ruin the world economy in the process?
Helicopters used to prevent frost damage
The Independent - Lucky pair walk away from crashed copter
LIVINGSTON--Both the pilot and the co-pilot of a small helicopter were able to escape after their aircraft crashed into an orchard off Cold Spring Road just before 3 a.m. May 1.
The helicopter, owned by Northeast Helicopters of Ellington, Conn., was one of four hired to prevent frost damage to the orchards at the Klein's Kill Fruit Farm, owned by the Bartolotta family.
Copters hover over the orchard, about 40 to 50 feet up, to push down warm air and keep the air circulating so frost does not settle on and kill the tender blossoms. Temperatures overnight were expected to dip below freezing.
The Consistent-With Chronicles
- Prometheus: The Consistent-With Chronicles Archives
So, to conclude, so long as climate scientists make public claims that recent observations of aspects of the climate are "consistent with" the results of "global warming models," then it is perfectly appropriate to ask what observations would be "inconsistent with" those very same models. Until this follow up question is answered in a clear, rigorous manner, the incoherent, abusive, and misdirected responses to the question will have to serve as answer enough.
"Few believe in global warming. Most don’t care one way or the other."
Global Warming Part I :: Michael Williams
They just know the federal government, under the guise of fighting global warming, is planning the biggest transfer of wealth from individuals and families to corporate America in, perhaps, our country's history. They want in.
Frost Damage Emerges Across Northern California
Frost Damage Emerges Across Northern California
Farmers throughout Northern California are saying April temperatures and the hard freeze at the end of last month are the coldest they've seen in decades. At the end of April, temperatures plunged into the 20s throughout many Northern California growing areas. Crop protection measures didn't always save orchards and vineyards from the worst effect of the cold.
Green tax revolt: Britons 'will not foot bill to save planet'
Green tax revolt: Britons 'will not foot bill to save planet' - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent
More than seven in 10 voters insist that they would not be willing to pay higher taxes in order to fund projects to combat climate change, according to a new poll.
The survey also reveals that most Britons believe "green" taxes on 4x4s, plastic bags and other consumer goods have been imposed to raise cash rather than change our behaviour, while two-thirds of Britons think the entire green agenda has been hijacked as a ploy to increase taxes.
The findings make depressing reading for green campaigners, who have spent recent months urging the Government to take far more radical action to reduce Britain's carbon footprint.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
"a rising tide of scientists who question the so-called "global warming" theory"
Globe may be cooling on Global Warming | ScrippsNews
If nothing else, all this obliterates the rampant lie that "the scientific debate on global warming is over." That debate rages on.
More depressing news for Al Gore
News::Poll: Wisconsin residents not worried about global warming
A new poll shows that only 18 percent of Wisconsin residents believe climate change is extremely problematic in the state.More details are here.
Al Gore continues his brazen efforts to milk maximum cash from his own fraudulent "climate crisis"
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Launches Green Growth Fund
MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, announced today it is launching a new $500 million investment vehicle: the Green Growth Fund. The fund is intended to help speed mass market adoption of solutions to the world’s climate crisis.I think this will end very badly for Gore. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if lawsuits and/or fraud indictments are in his future.
KPCB separately announced today the formation of KPCB XIII (issued simultaneously, see: “Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Forms $700 Million KPCB XIII Fund”), a $700 million fund that will invest in greentech, information technology and life sciences ventures. Within the greentech sector, KPCB XIII will mainly back early-stage entrepreneurs, while the Green Growth Fund will support companies that have already entered their growth phase.
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The Green Growth Fund will provide its portfolio companies with both global perspective and global reach, which includes the benefit of KPCB’s Asian presence through its KPCB China Fund. The KPCB Green Growth Fund will also enable the firm to extend its existing collaboration with the London-based Generation Investment Management, whose chairman Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and Nobel Laureate, joined KPCB as Partner last year. Through their alliance, the firms actively work together to find, fund and accelerate green solutions with the greatest potential to help solve the climate crisis.
Generation co-founder and Managing Partner David Blood said, “There is a significant gap between the capital needed and the capital currently deployed to create enduring solutions to the climate crisis. We’re eager to deepen our collaboration with KPCB by working closely with the Green Growth Fund to identify growth-stage investment opportunities.” To that end, Generation has made a significant commitment of capital to KPCB’s Green Growth Fund.
"scientists and organizations who have staked their credibility - and are willing that the rest of us should stake our economic well-being - on the concept of human-driven global warming will not back down"
Global Warming - the New Catechism « Conservative Commentary
The point I’m coming to is this: among most environmentalists, the concept of human-driven global warming has become an article of religious faith: part of a new catechism in which the argument is repeated so often and at such length that it becomes impervious to empirical observation. ‘Yes, we’ve been cooling off for nearly ten years now and yes, we expect at least another decade of cooling. But we still insist that global warming is real, that it’s being driven by human industry, and that we should all sign the economically-devastating ‘Kyoto Accords’.’ That sort of immunity to facts looks more like obsession than conviction.
Look, if the notion that human beings are bringing on a climatologic disaster is the primary concept that informs your world-view, then it will act as a self-blinding lens, filtering out all data to the contrary. If things continue as they have been and happen as predicted, in ten years we may very well be looking at an approximately 150 year low in global temperatures. The impact of that, in expanding polar ice sheets, lower ocean levels, and tremendous hardship for agriculture, is hard to predict. Go ahead and plug the information into your computers and see what they project. Ten years from now, we may be encouraging greenhouse gas production, for the mere sake of warmth.
Uninformed opinions: as bad as global warming
Uninformed opinions: as bad as global warming » Opinion » the Pioneer | Whitman news, delivered.
At Whitman, we’re in an extremely liberal environment where most people are politically like-minded. Because of this, we often don’t have to defend our opinions. When everyone agrees that global warming is humankind’s doing, and that it’s a huge problem that needs to be dealt with, we don’t think about why we believe those things, and in many cases, we forget.
"climate is inherently unpredictable — at least in the manner modelers pretend to do"
JunkScience.com Blog » Blog Archive » Oh dear& Andy's resorted to spinning
The bottom line is that all claims, pending warming or cooling, have a 50% chance of being wrong. The one thing we do know is that claims to predict future temperatures based on atmospheric trace gas levels are utter rubbish and we know this because they are internally inconsistent (add up all the things alleged to account for n % of estimated warming since [choose some arbitrary date] and you’ll probably be at least 500% of said warming short — just start the list and you see something is wrong: 60% from increased CO2 from fossil fuel use, 60% from black carbon, 40% from solar, -40% from masking by sulfate aerosols, 50% land use change, 70-85% ‘hiding’ in deep oceans…).
Congress' ethanol affair is cooling
Congress' ethanol affair is cooling - - Breaking News, Political News & National Security News - The Washington Times
Members of Congress say they overreached by pushing ethanol on consumers and will move to roll back federal supports for it - the latest sure signal that Congress' appetite for corn-based ethanol has collapsed as food and gas prices have shot up.
The future of the world's largest offshore wind farm and a symbol of Britain's renewable energy future was thrown into doubt last night
Winds of change: Shell ditches renewable stake amid fears of a retreat to carbons | Environment | The Guardian
But Shell has in recent years been selling off much of its solar business while its rival oil group BP - under new chief executive, Tony Hayward - has also talked about selling part of in its alternative energy division, abandoned a carbon capture scheme in Scotand and moved into the Canadian tar sands for the first time.
Campaign to sue Al Gore 'gains support'
Campaign to sue Al Gore 'gains support' : May 2008 : Catherine Elsworth : Foreign : Telegraph Blogs
John Coleman, who founded the Weather Channel in 1982, proposed taking the former vice president and other environmental activists to court at a conference in New York in March.
Since then he has "received thousands and thousands of emails with lots of support", he says. "And thousands of these people want to donate to a legal fund to sue Al Gore."
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Mr Coleman said he did feel that expressing doubts about man-made global warming had become the preserve of older meteorologists less worried about a backlash.
He said he has spoken to several weather forecasters at US television networks who say that even though they share his doubts about climate change they are afraid to speak out for fear of losing their jobs.
"We old guys, we are the ones who are able to speak out more clearly on global warming because our retirements are in place and we don’t have to worry so much about the repercussions," said Mr Coleman. "An awful lot of younger guys I know of and have been in touch with, they agree with our position but for career reasons are unable to say anything. And I certainly can’t name them. But television weathermen who work for the networks, I know several of them who just can’t say anything. They feel that their entire position would be in jeopardy."
Global shortage has panicked consumers running wild for Canadian rice that isn't
globeandmail.com: Global shortage has panicked consumers running wild for Canadian rice that isn't
Cold weather and poor yields have cut the Saskatchewan wild-rice crop to about 800,000 pounds in each of the past three years.
Nature: AMO will stop warming until 2020
The Reference Frame: Nature: AMO will stop warming until 2020
So a paper showing that a decade of predictions is completely wrong because it has neglected some very important dynamics doesn't even "indicate" that there "might" be something wrong with the projection of the IPCC "and many other institutions" in the long run. Wow. What an amazing [expletive] this Wood is. This is the kind of people who are reviewing articles about climate change to guarantee that "heresies" can't occur. This particular Wood was the reviewer of Keenlyside et al.
Update from North Pole, Alaska
In Alaska: frozen river
...the ice on the Tanana is still frozen, and they're predicting a late break-up. We woke up to a snowstorm this morning. Folks around here wouldn't call it a storm, but it was snowing like crazy and didn't let up all day. During the coldest months, the snow flakes are tiny and dry, but now the snow clumps on the top of your car in a thick sheet. The snow had almost melted, but now we have another two to three inches on the ground. According to a woman I talked to this morning, who had lived here for over 30 years, so much snow this time of year is not normal.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Valleywag disses Al Gore again
Cleantech: Al Gore has another $683 million to spend on climate projects
Preaching climate-change end-times sermons can get the creative-capitalist congregation to dig deep when the collection plate comes around.
Apocalypse now delayed
Apocalypse now delayed | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog
If right, the lastest study suggests we will go through nearly 20 years without any warming. That’s not what the IPCC, Al Gore, Tim Flannery and so many other warming extremists ever predicted. Let’s see if the rest of their doom-saying is any more accurate - but I’d suggest it’s no sin to dare doubt.
Incongruities
Warning Signs: Incongruities
What kind of idiots would buy into the junk-science of global warming? The answer is almost the entire Congress of the U.S. with the exception of a few who have courageously and vociferously spoken against it, the House and Senate Majority leaders, all three of the candidates currently hoping to be the next President, and the idiot we have currently in the Oval Office.
Global Warming Campaign Director Job at Greenpeace
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B. Hire, train, and mentor members of the global warming campaign team (currently composed of 30 staff; directly oversee 4-7). Maintain systems for evaluating and developing skills of junior staff. Organize and oversee the work of campaign assistant, volunteers and interns.
Alarmism Taints Global Warming Discussion
TrishAndHalli.com » Blog Archive » Guest Post: Alarmism Taints Global Warming Discussion
If we would work together on economically sound energy policies focused on energy independence and scrap the alarmism, we would all be on the same page. Common sense and legitimate science need to be the basis of the dialogue, not pseudo-science alarmism.
There’s a religious-zeal gullibility that regrettably infests those who are too willing to believe the Jeremiads of the alarmists, whether it’s DDT, Y2K, or man-made global warming. Perhaps this is one of the byproducts of the secularization of America. For as the inimitable G. K. Chesterton said, “When a man ceases to believe in God, he doesn’t believe in nothing. He believes in anything.” Can you say “anthropogenic global warming?”
Cold night may lead to major losses for Michigan fruit growers
Cold night may lead to major losses for Michigan fruit growers - Michigan, Great Lakes Environmental & Conservation Issues - MLive.com
Scientists and growers didn't know the extent of the damage this morning, but Shane predicted losses as high as 80 percent for fruit crops in some areas, with juice grapes likely to fare a little better than cherries and apples.
"Unless we announce disasters no one will listen"
How UN structures were designed to prove human CO2 was causing global warming
As evidence grew that the hypothesis was scientifically unsupportable adherents began defending rather than accepting and adjusting. The trail they made is marked by the search for a clear human signal, identified in modern parlance as ‘smoking guns.’ They also became trapped in what Russian writer and philosopher Leo Tolstoi identified many years ago, namely, “I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.” Next we will examine how the political system that Strong and the UN set up allowed perpetuation of incorrect science and falsely identified smoking guns.
Another poll shows a shift away from Gore's alarmism
The Daily Republic | Poll: Missouri River divides opinions on global warming
Where people lived in South Dakota seemed to be a factor for those surveyed. Thirty-five percent of respondents who lived west of the Missouri River viewed global warming as a very serious problem, while only 31 percent east of the river viewed it as a very serious problem.
The 2008 results vary considerably from the previous year's results, when 46 percent of respondents who lived west of the Missouri River viewed global warming as a very serious problem.
California: Freeze socks area crops
Freeze socks area crops : Local : Redding Record Searchlight
"Grapes have been hit very hard all up and down California, and Shasta County is right in line with everyone else," he said. "Walnut producers anticipate having some severe losses."
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The temperature at the winery dropped to 27 degrees. "That severe of a frost is very unusual from our experience," Matson said.
UK 'getting less competitive'
The Press Association: UK 'getting less competitive'
The survey also revealed that more than two out of three company directors believe it is unrealistic to expect CO2 emissions to be reduced by 60% by 2050, the current target.
More than one third of those surveyed said measures aimed at tackling climate change will damage the UK's competitiveness.
Ocean off South Africa doesn't seem to be dangerously overheating
Cape Argus
Two Durban surfers taking part in the South African long board surfing championships at Noordhoek could be forgiven for thinking global warming might be a good thing.By the way, on that same page, I see this:
The two men, unused to the cold Cape Town conditions and ill-equipped, wearing only warm water wetsuits, were plucked from the icy Atlantic on Tuesday after becoming hypothermic during their heats in the contest.
Conditions were described as harsh - even by local surfers - as a water temperature of around 10°C stiffened muscles and set teeth chattering.
Brace for extra power cuts this winter
Cape Town is set for a colder and darker than usual winter, as the City of Cape Town plans to intensify load-shedding, with up to three load-shedding periods a week from Monday.
"The global warming movement poses as being scientific, but is actually a profoundly anti-scientific movement."
The Badger Herald - Global warming claims crippling
By appealing to faith, using ad hominem attacks and claiming privileged knowledge with which only he can be trusted, Mr. Gore demonstrates a profound disregard for science. These tactics represent a desire not to engage in scientific debate, but to shield one's views from scrutiny.
Ban the Smokes, Kill the Smokers?
Ban the Smokes, Kill the Smokers | OpenMarket.org
The unintended consequences of government are wonderful to behold. Impose a minimum wage and put poor, ill-educated teens out of work. Raise auto fuel-economy requirements, and kill more people in accidents as they travel in smaller cars. Ban cigarette smoking in local bars and restaurants, and cause more drunk driving accidents as smokers drive further to find more congenial locales.
Enron and Carbon Trading
Please see the entire thing here.
From a linked page:
From a linked page:
Thence Enron vigorously lobbied Clinton and Congress, seeking EPA regulatory authority over CO2. From 1994 to 1996, the Enron Foundation contributed nearly $1 million dollars - $990,000 - to the Nature Conservancy, whose Climate Change Project promotes global warming theories. Enron philanthropists lavished almost $1.5 million on environmental groups that support international energy controls to “reduce” global warming. Executives at Enron worked closely with the Clinton administration to help create a scaremongering climate science environment because the company believed the treaty could provide it with a monstrous financial windfall. The plan was that once the problem was in place the solution would be trotted out.
Gore's Generation Investment Management firm now has a $683M fund to go with its $2.2B fund
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Note that when Gore fraudulently promotes carbon dioxide as a driver of catastrophic climate change, he stands to greatly increase the value of these funds.
Note that when Gore fraudulently promotes carbon dioxide as a driver of catastrophic climate change, he stands to greatly increase the value of these funds.
Al Gore and Jerry Springer listed among commencement speakers that may be "controversial, if not outright embarrassing to the school"
From this article:
Over the coming weeks, colleges and universities across these fruited plains will be holding their commencement exercises. Guest speakers will take to the podium to extol the virtues of higher learning, at least that is what most people hope.
The reality is that some commencement speakers will be controversial, if not outright embarrassing to the school. Yet, if everything holds true to form most will say what they have to say, pocket their fee, and their words soon forgotten.
Some of the more controversial speakers scheduled for this year’s commencements include:
...Though not likely to be thought of as controversial by some, Al Gore’s extreme position on global warming does engender controversy.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Emissions Trading Four Times As Costly As Direct Funding - NZIER
Emissions Trading Four Times As Costly As Direct Funding - NZIER | Business News | Guide2.co.nz
Wellington, April 30 NZPA - The Government's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will cost four times more than having taxpayers directly fund cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a report by the Institute for Economic Research (NZIER) said today.
NASA: cool PDO regime begins
The Reference Frame: NASA: cool PDO regime begins
From a related post here:If the observations above are correct, we could expect 20-30 years of cooling (or cancelled warming).
California agriculture has ridden a wave of success on that PDO warm phase since 1977, experiencing unprecedented growth. Now that PDO is shifting to a cooler phase, areas that supported crops during the warm phase may no longer be able to do so.
Why can't Al just field spontaneous questions from a live audience?
Campus Quickies - Covering The Ohio State University Community (OSU) -- Uweekly.com
An evening with Al Gore
Al Gore, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vice President of the United States, will visit campus this Sunday at 6 p.m. to speak on the environment, sustainability, and what Ohio State and its students can do to lead the way toward a green future. Two free tickets to the talk are available to Ohio State students by stopping by the Ohio Union Information Desk. Students who have questions for Al Gore can email them to AskAlGore@gmail.com to be considered for the event.
Colorado: Global warming skepticism at an IREA meeting
IREA electricity flows but members in the dark > General > Stories > Conifer > YourHub.com
Several of these individuals went on to admonish the "radicals" who claim the sky is falling and are telling IREA to be concerned about global warming, which the speakers went on at length to debunk.
Washington state: Freeze means no green for asparagus
Freeze means no green for asparagus | Yakima Herald-Republic Online
"Even if you didn't get frosted out, you had a slowdown," Schreiber said. "And right now prices are through the roof, but because it's been so cold you can't bring it to market."
Unscientific survey: Readers believe global warming still a theory
Survey: Readers believe global warming still a theory - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
A majority of readers are not convinced that enough evidence exists to support claims that the earth's temperature is rising and dramatic impacts will follow.
NASA Says PDO Switched to Cold Phase
NASA Says PDO Switched to Cold Phase | The Blackboard
...PDO phases are thought to persist 20-30 years.More background information is here.
Instapundit on William Gray's troubles
THEY TOLD ME THAT IF GEORGE W. BUSH WERE RE-ELECTED, famous scientists would be punished for daring to dissent from politico-religious orthodoxy. And they were right!
Is the threat of tornadoes really growing?
Carbon Dioxide=Cigarette Smoke?
Kivalina: Carbon Dioxide=Cigarette Smoke
Together this coalition of law firms hope to establish the climate change equivalent of the tobacco cases.
A global warming lobbyist in the family
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As you may know, our august House 50B representative, Kate Knuth, has sponsored a hellacious boondoggle of a bill that would establish a cap and trade system on emissions.
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I can envision some of the jobs it will create. The people who will benefit most from such a scheme are the highly paid consultants who will bring their expertise to bear on this problem. People like Kate's dad, Dan Knuth. The elder Knuth once held the seat that his daughter now occupies and has in recent years made his living as a lobbyist. One of his clients is Fresh Energy, which would stand to benefit directly from the imposition of any cap-and-trade system.
But of course!
Carbon dioxide from your Pepsi traps heat from the Sun, which causes crops to fail, which causes people to be hungry, which causes them to die of AIDS!
"Climate change will lead to food scarcity and poorer nutrition, putting people with perilous immune systems at more risk of dying of HIV, as well as contracting and transmitting new and unusual infections," Prof Cooper said.
Green fatigue
It's Not Easy Being Green : Culture Blog | CultureFeast
Also, is it necessary for Anne Curry (or anyone for that matter) to talk to me like a kindergarten teacher every time she talks about going green? Listen for it the next time you watch the Today show, Anne's voice changes from sophisticated news journalist to kindergarten teacher every time the subject of the environment comes up.
Sweeping Away Global Warming
Sweeping Away Global Warming | A South Dakota Moderate
Seriously, the story documents a Columbia University professor's solution to global warming: Vacuuming the CO2 out of the atmosphere with 67 million boxcar sized filters placed strategically throughout the world all powered by bunches of nuclear power plants costing an estimated few trillion dollars a year.
Is it any wonder that those of us that believe at least somewhat in the global warming phenomenon have such a hard time touting the science behind it when we have scientists like this guy on our side?
ABC News recycles the same idiotic global warming claim that the New York Times retracted in 2000
ABC News: North Pole Could Be Ice Free in 2008
1. The erroneous August 20, 2000 New York Times/AP story is here.
2. John Daly debunked the story the next day here; scroll down to see the text of the retraction.
3. From a related 2001 story here:
1. The erroneous August 20, 2000 New York Times/AP story is here.
2. John Daly debunked the story the next day here; scroll down to see the text of the retraction.
3. From a related 2001 story here:
Objective science reporting has become a casualty of the Kyoto crusade. Last August, for example, the New York Times hastened its slide from respected news source to leftist propaganda rag, by screaming from its front page that "The North Pole is melting." The story was based, not on scientific data or even computer models, but on the claims of a single scientist -- an apparatchik in the UN global warming bureaucracy -- who attended a summertime tourist cruise to the North Pole on a Russian icebreaker. The tourists arrived at the pole, the Times breathlessly reported, and saw open water. "The last time scientists can be certain the pole was awash in water," the reporter declared, "was more than 50 million years ago."4. From another related post here:
Real scientists reminded the Times that stretches of open water in the Arctic are a normal summertime event, caused by shifts in the ice, and the paper was forced to publish an embarrassing retraction.
One example of the shoddy support for the IPCC report: an observation by Harvard University oceanographer James J. McCarthy, a prominent member of the IPCC panel, was reported by the New York Times. Dr. McCarthy said “that for the first time in 50 million years the ice pack at the North Pole had melted”. It seems Dr. McCarthy had observed open water at the North Pole while on an educational cruise and he promptly reported this as evidence of the effects of human-induced climate change. This is the caliber of the ‘science’ supporting the idea of man-made global warming.
After printing Dr. McCarthy’s ‘observation’, the New York Times was contacted by scientists more familiar with the Arctic's climate history and geological record who pointed out that, during the summer, more than 10 percent of the Arctic Ocean is free of ice and it is not rare that the North Pole is part of that 10 percent. Ten days later the New York Times printed a retraction which was not challenged by Dr. McCarthy.
More on the Northwest Passage
Here (dated Sept 9, 2000):
A few weeks ago during the height of the Arctic summer, when the sun shines 24 hours a day, a Canadian police vessel navigated the fabled `Northwest Passage'. The media greeted this news as if it were somehow unique (global warming etc.).A related post is here.
However, the Northwest Passage has a long history and these are but a few of the passages made during the 20th century. (Information obtained from here) -
1903-06 - Roald Amundsen, in the Gjoa, makes the first full transit of the Northwest Passage from east to west.
1944 - The St. Roch, an RCMP schooner, makes the first west-to-east passage. It returns west and becomes the first to make the return journey in one season .
1969 - The Manhattan, the largest ship to navigate the Northwest Passage, leads a special experiment to see if the transport of bulk oil from Alaska would be feasible through the Passage.
1975 - R. Dickinson and K. Maro, in the Pandora II and the Theta, make a west-to-east transit.
1976-78 - R. Bouvier, in the J. E. Bernier II, a ketch, makes an east-to-west transit.
1977 - W. De Roos, in the Williwaw, a Dutch 42-foot (13-m) ketch, makes the first single handed passage from east to west.
1980 - Pandora II, a hydrographic research vessel, makes a transit from west to east.
1981-83 - Japanese sloop Mermaid, makes an east-to-west transit.
1983-88 - French vessel, The Vagabond II, makes a west-to-east transit.
U.S. motor yacht Belvedere, makes a west-to-east transit.
1984 - Lindblad Explorer, the first commercial passenger vessel to make a transit from east-to-west.
1985 - Commercial passenger ship `World Discoverer', makes a west-to-east transit.
1988 - MV Society Explorer, a Bahamas-registered passenger ship, makes a west-to-east transit.
These are but a few of the vessels to make a successful transit of the NorthWest Passage. There were many more.
What makes transits of the NorthWest Passage infrequent is not the lack of open water to actually do it, but the unreliability of being able to navigate the same channels from year to year.
Vessels today have satellite navigation, satellite images of the ice and ready communication in case of trouble. Navigating the passage today can no longer be considered a `feat' as it was in 1903.
A Ted Turner quote from 1996
Ted Turner Repeats Call For Population Curb
"A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal," Turner stated in 1996.
Climate change event underway in Bangkok
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) - {Travel Daily News}
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“Forget the scientific polemics”, he said. “Our customers are the issue; and they are [allegedly] not happy..."
Transatlantic conference hears bleak evaluation of EU climate policies
Transatlantic conference hears bleak evaluation of EU climate policies « 3E Intelligence
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Overall, the European participants painted a less rosy picture than EU institutions want to make believe. Not only was there the growing disappointment with the global effects of biofuels policies (one of the EU’s own environmental institutions now pleads for suspending the 10% target), but the evaluation of Europe’s climate flagship, the emissions trading scheme or ETS, was also rather bleak. It is obvious that up to now the ETS has not lived up to its expectations. Very few real technological investments as a result of pricing CO2 have taken place and the only ones who seem to have won from ETS are the financial traders (who therefore write very positive reports about ETS). It is doubtful whether the Commission’s new proposals will turn things around. Not only has the energy-intensive industry hijacked the debate with its “carbon leakage” panic but even the better parts of the Commission’s ETS review drew heavy fire at the conference. “When Europe’s power producers (who have made big windfall profits in the first phase of ETS) applaud the auctioning proposals of the new Commission package, you have to smell a rat” was the justified and smart observation of an ex-Commission official.
No worries! Just price consumers out of using energy
JunkScience.com Blog » Blog Archive » No worries! Just price consumers out of using energy
So what's the calculated cost, and what's the calculated "benefit" in terms of millionths of a degree of cooling?
One Answer To Energy Needs Is Spelled LNG
IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- One Answer To Energy Needs Is Spelled LNG
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Many of the same activists and politicians responsible for higher natural gas usage are also among those standing in the way of increased natural gas drilling.
Newsweak makes some interesting admissions
GREENIE WATCH
Article below on global warming's absence as a campaign issue makes two observations that are true, critical, and almost never admitted by the chattering class. First, only the (bi-coastal) elite are interested in the issue or deeply concerned. Second, reducing emissions will be hugely expensive. But in their typical Left-Elitist way they do not even consider the possibility that people may have good reason for being skeptical of the scare
"the major trigger for this year's predicament was the Congressional decision to mandate ethanol production"
American Thinker: The Food Crisis
Above all, we must be aware that the situation represents no apocalypse. Farmers across the country are madly planting corn (despite warnings to diversify from the Department of Agriculture) which will bring prices down with a thump next year. But the Second Horseman's swift trot across the horizon has revealed some serious failings in international agriculture. Most of these failings are products of political meddling. Cease meddling, and many problems will solve themselves. Today, much of the developed world has learned that industry cannot be effectively manipulated through policy. We sometimes forget that farming is an industry like any other. That recognition is long overdue.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Wisconsin and the UK to team up in the fight against trace amounts of atmospheric plant food?
JS Online: State, U.K. may deal on climate
In a statement released during his overseas trip, Gov. Jim Doyle said he met with two British environmental policy-makers to discuss a potential memorandum of understanding between the United Kingdom and Wisconsin on climate-change issues.
The United Kingdom has similar agreements in place with California - the first state to pass a law requiring reduced greenhouse gas emissions - and Florida.
Doyle's office said the agreement would encourage collaboration between Wisconsin and the United Kingdom in researching and sharing new technologies as well as efforts to educate the public on global climate issues.
Minnesota lawmakers consider California-style emission standards
Duluth News Tribune | Minnesota lawmakers consider California-style emission standards
The bill had been opposed in Minnesota by farmers' groups and the ethanol industry. But some of those objections were dropped last week after amendments were added assuring corn-growers and processors that the standard allows for high use of ethanol to meet emissions reductions. The Minnesota Farmers Union now supports the bill.
“Growers don’t have anything to harvest. That’s a disaster in my mind”
NC Media Watch: Another I told you so opportunity
A related article is here.Where is all the global warming that the Governor, Legislature and Al Gore are worried about? My guess is the farmers and grape growers in Nevada County would like to see some of it. So, where is it? Warming would not have damaged these crops. But cooling and cold destroy the food we eat, it is far more dangerous that a few degrees of warming. Soon we will all be praying for more warming.
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Local farmers are trying to recover from last week's freeze that decimated fruit, wine grapes and pastures, as the county's agricultural commissioner prepares to file for emergency relief from the state.
For many, last week's frost was the cruelest weather to hit local agriculture in a long time. The cold spell wiped out some crops by as much as 100 percent with financial losses reaching into the tens of thousands of dollars.
"Displacements Set To Increase"
JunkScience.com Blog » Blog Archive » Displacements Set To Increase
Oh boy… back on the ‘environmental refugee’ trail again. What they really mean is ‘lack of development refugee’ but never mind — no one will ever manage to educate the Gaia crowd that the undeveloped world is a damn hostile place (htey know people die of ‘exposure’ but they’ve never figured out that means ‘exposure to nature’).
"Tom Friedman warms the hearts of policy professors everywhere"
- Prometheus: Tom Friedman on Education Archives
The thing I would love to see? We really need a course in every school on environmental policymaking.
Gore Pockets Another Cool Million
A related post is here, entitled "By golly there’s money in this hysteria thing".
Washington lawmakers share blame in energy crisis
Washington lawmakers share blame in energy crisis (OneNewsNow.com)
A related post is here, entitled "Hypocrisy in Congress: A Broken Record".Ebell also notes that if politicians think gas prices are too high, they should be contacted by concerned consumers and asked why they would support global warming policy that is currently before the Senate and House. He feels it is "hypocritical" for politicians to complain about fuel prices, then turn around and support such things as a carbon tax or a mandate to use some form of non-carbon-based energy source.
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This hypocrisy is beginning to be noticed by the press. On Wednesday, Environment and Energy Daily (a sister publication of Greenwire) ran a story by Ben Geman that asks, "Should lawmakers pushing global warming legislation want high gas prices?” Geman goes on to point out that the chief sponsor of legislation to suspend the 18.4 cents per gallon federal excise tax on gasoline is also the Senate’s chief promoter of cap-and-trade legislation—Senator John McCain (R-Az.). Co-sponsors of McCain’s gas tax suspension bill include the chief sponsors of the cap-and-trade bill that is tentatively scheduled to be debated on the Senate floor in June, Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.)
John Coleman audio--"why he thinks Global Warming is a total myth"
11-minute podcast from the John and Cisco show here:
Chicago's 560 AM WIND
Chicago's 560 AM WIND
Tropical troposphere: not warming
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The three complicated colorful lines are the temperature data for the tropical troposphere - where the warming should be most rapid - according to RSS MSU, UAH MSU, and CRU: they seem to almost fully agree with each other. In terms of words, there has been no warming over there since 1980.
The thick, light blue line is the approximate average theoretical prediction by the garden-variety greenhouse models. Note that the IPCC predicts a warming of nearly 3 °C per century on the surface which should mean almost 5 °C for the hot spot in the tropical troposphere.
Nyet: Russia Doesn’t Want a Tough Cap on Carbon
Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Nyet: Russia Doesn't Want a Tough Cap on Carbon
Mr. Gavrilov’s candor is a useful reminder that resistance to a hard global agreement on global warming extends far beyond Washington.
More on Harrison Ford's strange fight against carbon dioxide
1. You may have seen the odd story about Ford getting his chest waxed for the environment.
2. Ford is currently on the home page of an outfit named Conservation International, where he's helping them launch their "new climate change campaign".
3. From this link:
2. Ford is currently on the home page of an outfit named Conservation International, where he's helping them launch their "new climate change campaign".
3. From this link:
"Ford, who calls Jackson, Wyoming home, talks about his travels, making no apologies for his personal helicopter and private plane fleet and describing how much he enjoys flying them. "I fly myself everywhere..."
"Why does the cat pick up so many ticks these days?"
I'm not very impressed by James Kunstler's thinking in the article linked below.
World News Trust -- Defining The New Mainstream - Belief System (James Kunstler)
World News Trust -- Defining The New Mainstream - Belief System (James Kunstler)
Cold weather causes throat problems for alarmist singer Alicia Keys
1. Alicia Keys back on tour - People
The singer cancelled concerts in Pittsburgh and Cleveland last week after suffering from swollen vocal cords...Alicia's spokesperson blamed the cold weather in New York for her problems, after the singer recorded a TV appearance in the city.2. From an article about Keys raising our global warming "awareness" at Live Earth last summer:
Theola Borden said: "It was really cold outside. That was a bit strenuous on her. Afterwards, she went to rehearsal in Pittsburgh but wasn't feeling up to par. She felt she needed to cancel rather than give a sub-par performance."
Enduring the sanctimony of Alicia Keys calling out the “hate skeptics” for their intolerance of non-peer reviewed scientific findings and spiteful distinctions between hypotheses and conclusions, that didn’t bother me.3. From a December '07 article here:
Alicia Keys performed in Olso, Norway, last night at a concert honoring Nobel Laureate Al Gore. The purpose of the concert was to raise global warming awareness among young people.
"Well, I'm raising my hand proudly. I'm a denier."
Liner Notes: Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Just Me?
"An Inconvenient Truth" had about as much "Truth" in it as "Spinal Tap". Oh, there were some grains of truth. It was great storytelling based on myth. But it's not science, folks. Human-caused Global Warming is religion.
Cool spring and "much STRONGER storms" in Minnesota?
kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - Where the heck is Spring??????
One issue with the current weather pattern if it continues well into May (there are strong indications it will) is that severe thunderstorm activity could become a more common weather hazard for Minnesota and it could be a much more active tornado season for the state as the contrast between the cold and warm will be very intense leading to much stronger storms than in the past few years.
Snowy winter likely to result in fish kills
Snowy winter likely to result in fish kills
With record snowfall this year in Maine, Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists anticipate small lakes and ponds may experience winter or spring fish kills. This is a natural phenomenon.
Another Primary, Another Month of Media Ignoring Climate Change
TheGreenMiles.net: Another Primary, Another Month of Media Ignoring Climate Change
But now McCain has changed his position. He says he'll only support the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act if massive new subsidies for nuclear power are added. If he sticks by that position, he might as well oppose the bill entirely, because costly nuclear subsidies are added, many Democrats will vote against the legislation.
This isn't really about CO2, is it?
Beyond the pleasure principle | Comment is free
What if the only way to reverse climate change or to bring about a more equitable distribution of global resources was for our western economies to shrink? What if we had to become poorer in order for others to grow rich? Would any politician or public commentator even suggest such a thing? Perhaps we should at least consider this question - and stop the relentless train of economic growth that makes the rich richer at the expense of the poor.
Does Al Gore possess one of the world’s top 100 brains?
Maybe he does (in a jar in his basement), but see the article here.
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Al Gore didn’t make it last time but he’s on the list now. We’re expecting a strong showing from him this year.
California: Local crops feel frost's bite
Local crops feel frost's bite - Chico Enterprise Record
Jim Noble said the frost also wiped out their peaches, nectarines and cherries. "It hasn't been this bad since 1960 or so," Noble said.
It's getting cold out there
The Daily Observer - Ontario, CA
Remember they are trying to convince us that greenhouse gas is responsible for so called global warming, and at a time the CO2 concentrations are at a high we have record cooling.
Agent Leigh Steinberg dons his tinfoil hat
Interview With The Agent: Leigh Steinberg | Bleacher Report
Leigh Steinberg: I think that we've reached a tipping point in terms of Global Warming. We have prodigious intellect and technological skills but deeply flawed emotional systems. It seems to be blinding us as a species to our own imminent demise as a species. The signs of global warming and climate change are all around us: the Earth is getting warmer, we have nonstop hurricanes and tornadoes, viruses keep emerging, oceans are rising, and icecaps are breaking. 40% of the pollution we are breathing in California comes from China. The imperative to act on this or face a dramatically degraded quality of life for now and forever, is now we risk being the first generation to hand down to our children a drastically reduced quality of life. And the mistake is thinking somehow that the Earth is in danger. The Earth will keep on rolling through ice ages and any manner of climate change. It's our species that's fragile.
Wikipedia bias
GREENIE WATCH
Because the actual temperature record of the last 10 years is decisively against them and the only "science" that supports Warmism is speculative, the Green/Left normally rely very heavily on defamation of those who disagree with them in order to "support" their theories. And, although Wikipedia is well-known as an unreliable source of political information, they of course do their best to debauch what appears there. As Fred Singer is a leading skeptic, his Wikpedia entry has recently come under heavy attack. I reproduce below some interesting comments about that from various sources:
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