Socialism, Plain and Simple - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online

While $285 million is pocket change in this age of trillion-dollar deficits, it is worth noting that the bill should be a lot less — since hybrids typically cost $5,000 more per vehicle than the gas-powered cars, a premium that will not be made back from fuel savings. For example, a 30-mpg Chevy Malibu hybrid costs $4,000 more than the27.5 mpg gas-powered model, meaning it would take 20 years to make up the gas savings even at $4 a gallon.

“You know the truth,” the president fibbed. “It will . . . save the government significant money over time.”

International Climate Science Coalition Expands in U.S. | Climate Realists

Because of the strong vested interests of the press and politicians in maintaining climate alarmism, skeptics’ media and government relations efforts have generally not resulted in more realistic public assertions about climate change from these groups. Many conference participants believe the media and government will start to take a more responsible approach to the issue only when a large-enough fraction of their readers and constituents come to understand the mistakes and extreme bias in their coverage.

Heartland Institute Science Director Jay Lehr, Ph.D. said at the conference the likely target is for a full 70 percent of the public to be shown through reputable polling as dissenting from climate alarmism before government and media will begin to turn the corner.

Closing the Climate Feedback Loop — with Everyday Citizen Opinions: JunkScience.com -- Steven Milloy, Publisher

How does it go? First you use PR firms to front a campaign of 'concern' to excite the populace, churn out a procession of panicky 'studies' and a parade of 'concerned experts' and then you ask people they think gum'mint should 'protect them' from the boogeyman you created. You have to admit, the watermelons have refined this to a fine art.