Change You Can Believe In « the Air Vent

Actually I’m optimistic that AGW will die a sad death. It will however come long after the politicians are done making idiotic rules that do nothing for us except harm the economy and provide additional mechanisms for corruption. Anyone want to guess whether or not the rules will be repealed after it’s discovered they are unnecessary?

American Thinker Blog: It's Alternative Media That's Cooling Global Warming Hysteria

Speaking at last month’s 2nd Annual International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC), a gathering of over 700 scientists, economists, and policy makers that the MSM either completely ignored or debased as the “denier’s conference,” James Taylor explained why. The Heartland Institute senior fellow credited talk radio, cable television, the internet, and blogs with providing information to the American public “whether the mass media wants them to have it or not.”

I couldn’t agree more. What’s more, the availability of such information from Alternative Media sources has had a tremendous impact on public opinion.

Quote of the week #4 « Watts Up With That?

This QOTW is from Pen Hadow, leader of the now farcical Catlin Arctic Ice Survey:

“It’s never wise to imagine that either man or technology has the upper hand in the natural world.”

That’s probably the only true statement published from the expedition.