Warning Signs: Are Liberals Getting Smarter? Let's Hope So

Something quite extraordinary happened on Saturday, January 3rd. The Huffington Post.com, a bastion of liberal thought, published a commentary by Harold Ambler that demanded an apology from Al Gore for all the lies he’s been telling about “global warming” or, as the alarmists now call it, “climate change.”
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There are cracks in the liberal wall of lies beginning to appear in other liberal media. On the same day Ambler’s commentary appeared, the Star Ledger, the largest circulation daily newspaper in New Jersey, published an editorial, “End ethanol experiment.”

Hollywood armageddon - The Lindsay Post - Ontario, CA

It's not the first time the environment or climate change has excited the imaginations of blockbuster moviemakers. In the 2004 film, The Day After Tomorrow, a climatologist played by Dennis Quaid tries to save the world from the catastrophic effects of global warming and rising greenhouse gases. The planet experiences the sudden onslaught of a new ice age, and hell really does freeze over.

The movie provoked a healthy dialogue among fans and scientists: Fans began to question the idea of an ecological Armageddon while many scientists called the premise a load of malarky and scientifically implausible.

But at its release, Al Gore was one of the most vocal proponents of the film, not for the Hollywood version of science, but for its power to raise awareness of global warming.

In Waterworld, the titanic flop of a movie released in 1995 starring Kevin Costner, the polar ice caps have completely melted and the planet is drowning in water, with little land mass left. Throughout the film, it's suggested that global warming, extreme climate change and man is to blame for the characters' watery grave.

Execs complacent about green computing

IT executives who responded to Computerworld's annual Forecast survey showed a reluctance to embrace green IT initiatives, says Computerworld.

Nearly half (42%) said their IT departments have no plans to launch projects in the next 12 months to reduce energy consumption or carbon emissions, and nearly three-quarters reported no plans to create committees to oversee energy-saving initiatives.

March '08: How the congestion charge lost its principles

Reading last week's edition of the Ham&High, my local newspaper, I came across Ken Livingstone's occasional column. The Mayor of London's theme was "It's right to target the gas-guzzlers".

That may be true, but imagine you're the unfortunate owner of a Vauxhall Zafira 2.0 16v Turbo, a relatively small people carrier with only a modestly adventurous performance described by its maker as a "Clever Family Car" and, last year, the winner of the Prima Baby and Pregnancy Reader Award for best value. From 27 October this year, you will have to pay £25 per day should you drive your Zafira in central London, whether or not you live in or outside the congestion zone. Your car's CO2 emissions are marginally above the 225g/km zone G threshold and this takes you into very expensive territory indeed.