24/7 Wall St.: Upgrading the US Energy Grid: A Trillion Dollar Problem?

As for the US, in November 2008 the Brattle Group released a report prepared for the Edison Foundation estimating the cost of upgrading the US grid at $880 billion. That's even more than the required investment to generate enough new electricity to meet demand between 2010 and 2030. Added together, new generation and an upgraded grid could easily cost north of $1.5 trillion.

Struggling solar firms look to public projects | Reuters

GUILDFORD, England (Reuters) - John Fitzpatrick is in a buoyant niche of construction. Building subsidized homes for disadvantaged people, with solar paneled roofs for environmentally friendly power, he is funded by the government.

The AGW Farce Continues: It Now Causes Snow » Pirate’s Cove — Shiny!

...Somehow, something that has happened again and again and again, and happened before the invention of the SUV, can’t be happening now. Gotta be Man. And then the Believers wail “someone(else) should Do Something!”

Pledge Your Love To The Planet! - Ethical Pulse

Want to pledge your love to something that really deserves it this valentine’s day? Then take the Copenhagen pledge and show the planet you really care.

Sorry, but I don't think the planet's that into you.