Tuesday, March 03, 2009

If Global Warming Gets Any Worse
A couple of photos for your viewing pleasure.
Obama Climatomics: Politics Drives Science amid a Fading Alarm — MasterResource
Who would have guessed that a paragraph in the president’s proposed budget would undo the climate change hysteria? But it will, because climate change is no longer the political flavor of the day. To quote a former President: “It’s the economy stupid.”
Twitter / Greg Plefka
Jack Bauer you are dead to me, never talk about Global Warming during commercial breaks again...#24
News Headlines - Capitol power plant dims clean energy hopes : Townhall.com
But Congress is running out of options to make the plant fully green. Also, there are questions about whether it can afford to keep paying to use the extra natural gas, which burns cleaner than coal.
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While four times more expensive than coal, natural gas produces about half as much carbon dioxide.
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Converting the plant entirely to natural gas would require equipment upgrades at the facility that would cost between $6 million and $7 million, in addition to having to buy more natural gas. It would cost $139 per ton of carbon dioxide saved, or about $2 million a year just for the House's portion of heating and air conditioning.

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