The real climate change danger | Pundit Review

Well, here it comes. The climate change cat is coming out of the bag. The real danger of climate change is from bureaucrats, not the environment. This mania is driven by a desire for more government regulation over every aspect of our economy and our lives.

BBCW: Another Sign the Economy Will Become Sicker Under Obama: Tough CO2 Regulations Coming

In the coming months, Obama will become the first man to regulate CO2. Despite a considerable number of scientists running from the global warming debate, Obama won't open the debate to these respectable scientists claiming man-made global warming is a hoax. It's not nor has it ever been about climate change. Democrats know they can use global warming to control and tax Americans. Many 'green' Democrats fail to live green lives (Al Gore), which tells me all I need to know about what they really think about man-made global warming. Remember Obama's weekend leading up to is 'ungreen' green inauguration? Remember Nancy Pelosi demanding a bigger plan to fly herself back to San Francisco? These idiots (Obama and Pelosi) claim they care about the environment, shape policy on the environment, but won't be inconvenienced by their own claims and laws.

Is Alternative Energy Dead? -- Seeking Alpha

Honestly, it’s doubtful any of these stimulus line-items really do much to make the life of an ethanol plant owner any easier, and the plan doesn’t change the game. And the name of the game is still fossil fuels. Basic economics always wins, and if Oil or Natural Gas remain just plain cheaper than the alternatives – after any and all incentives, investments, or incantations – well, they’re just not much of an alternative.

Fifth of world carbon emissions soaked up by extra forest growth, scientists find | Environment | guardian.co.uk

A laborious study of the girth of 70,000 trees across Africa has shown that tropical forests are soaking up more carbon dioxide pollution that anybody realised. Almost one-fifth of our fossil fuel emissions are absorbed by forests across Africa, Amazonia and Asia, the research suggests.