Hans Labohm: What will the future bring: warming or cooling?

First the bad news and then the good. Everybody knows through the media as well as Al Gore's ‘documentary’, ‘An inconvenient truth’, that the rise of worldwide temperatures is accelerating and a climate catastrophe is imminent. Everyone knows that mankind is causing CO2 to accumulate in the atmosphere as a result of burning fossil fuels. Everyone also knows that all scientists agree about the AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) hypothesis and that we should take urgent action to prevent a climate disaster. Everyone knows that sea levels are rising rapidly and that low-lying countries like the Netherlands will shortly be inundated. Everyone also knows that millions of plant and animal species are threatened with extinction; in particular the polar bear, which is the poster child of global warming.

Now the good news: none of these statements is true.

Exxon Mobil says its added reserves topped output in 2008 - MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The world's largest oil company, Exxon Mobil, on Monday said it added more proven oil reserves than it produced last year.
Exxon Mobil said it added 1.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels of reserves during 2008, replacing 103% of production, or 110% when excluding the impact of asset sales.
Exxon said it's the 15th straight year that reserve additions have outpaced production. The reserves base is split evenly between liquids and gas.

Letter: The negatives of plentiful windmills |  Worthington Daily Globe  | Worthington, Minnesota

We live in Leota Township not far from the present wind farm. Instead of peaceful rolling countryside, we get to look at a hundred hulking towers over 300 feet tall.

Global warming will be worse than expected, scientist warns : Super Eco

Pack your bags and get ready to vacate Spaceship Earth, because within just a few years it could get mighty uncomfortable around here.