A mockingbird's alleged CO2-induced cry of desperation - Barking madness in The Boston Globe

Today, there is no argument within the objective scientific community over the fact of global warming. The few voices of dissent have direct financial ties to the oil and gas industry, which has a compelling reason to sow doubt. ExxonMobil's annual revenues (over $300 billion) exceed the gross domestic product of most countries. This may invigorate our economy, but it comes at grievous cost to the rest of us. We are losing species, we are losing clean air and water, and we are putting private profits ahead of public health. The choice that the Bush administration made is one that will echo far into the future.

It's excruciating to hear the mocker's songs and do nothing...

Prometheus » Blog Archive » The Collapse of Global Tropical Cyclone Activity

Tropical cyclone (TC) activity worldwide has completely and utterly collapsed during the past 2 to 3 years with TC energy levels sinking to levels not seen since the late 1970s.

Taxing the Weather

Who hates coal? Every major environmental organization in America. They hate all forms of energy other than wind and solar, the two least predictable, efficient, and practical means of producing electricity. Without government subsidies, it would not even be providing the grand total of 1% of all the electricity being used in America.

Carbon credits are snake oil. They have no real value. They will absorb and waste billions of dollars that would otherwise be applied to business expansion and an increase in the plants needed to generate the nation's growing need for more electricity.

Is it a deliberate attack on America? Yes.