The first 1000 years are the hardest

To my way of thinking, the 800-pound gorilla in the room has been the long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Think of it this way: some of the molecules that sputtered out of grandpa's first Model-T Ford are still up there.

Warning Signs: Obama Motors!

The next politician who, like Al Gore, tells you that the Earth is facing a global warming calamity because of greenhouse gas emissions, should be voted out of office and into the nearest soup kitchen line.

Phrase That Needs to Be Expunged From The Political Lexicon: “Peer Reviewed” | Coyote Blog

Yesterday, while I was waiting for my sandwich at the deli downstairs, I was applying about 10% of my conciousness to CNN running on the TV behind the counter. I saw some woman, presumably in the Obama team, defending some action of the administration being based on “peer reviewed” science.

This may be a legacy of the climate debate. One of the rhetorical tools climate alarmists have latched onto is to inflate the meaning of peer review. Often, folks, like the person I saw on TV yesterday, use “peer review” as a synonym for “proven correct and generally accepted in its findings by all right-thinking people who are not anti-scientific wackos.”

But in fact peer review has a much narrower function, and certainly is not, either in intent or practice, any real check or confirmation of the study in question...

Let’s make history: come to Power Shift ‘09 « seattleDIRT

From February 27 - March 2, join thousands of climate activists, leaders and volunteers from all over the country in Washington, D.C. for Power Shift 2009: the biggest climate conference and lobby day this country has ever seen.