Model Green Governments? - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

...So the only way for American democratic capitalism to prosper is by adopting the lessons of Islamic theocracy and Chinese communism. Words matter, and the totalitarian reflex behind the Pickens-Friedman agenda should not be ignored.

Vincent Gioia | Coal is Still KING, despite what Obama Says

The world also needs coal. Not just in the United States but in poor countries as well. Two billion people virtually have no electricity at all. Without electricity for refrigeration, water purification and as a substitute for more polluting forms of heating millions of people, mostly children, "die from lung infections caused by smoke, soot and other pollutants from open fires that heat their homes and cook their food."

Driessen asks "What happens to all those benefits when coal power is legislated, regulated, litigated, priced or cap-and-traded to the sidelines? To lives that are improved and saved with that electricity?"

A good question don't you think?

As President Obama takes office in 2009 we can only hope reason will prevail over campaign rhetoric and that he will recognize the need to implement policies that correctly reflect the costs, benefits and power-generating capabilities of traditional and alternative energy options that exist in the real world - mainly coal.

Greenhouse gases could have caused an ice age, claim scientists - Telegraph

Filling the atmosphere with Greenhouse gases associated with global warming could push the planet into a new ice age, scientists have warned.