The Benefits of [the Waxman-Markey climate swindle bill] » The Foundry

Nothing. Zip. Zero. Zilch. There are no benefits for the American people in the Waxman-Markey energy tax bill.
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The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis has not scored the economic cost of wither “dirty” or “dirtier” versions of the Waxman-Markey legislation. But they did score the “clean” version and found it would reduce aggregate gross domestic product (GDP) by $7.4 trillion by 2035 and destroy 844,000 jobs annually. On what planet is that worth 0.044ºC lower global temperatures?

The Global Warming Heretic: Why so many socialists love AGW alarmism

I've noted before that the manufactured AGW crisis is tailor-made for those who favor state control of people and resources. Today we see this principle in action in the form of a proposal by Mexico, as reported by Reuters (with a dash of TEOTWAWKI alarmism)...

Any questions?: Video: Better Place Unveils Battery Swap Station - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

One hundred of the stations — which cost around $500,000 apiece — will be rolled out in Israel by 2011, with additional stations slated for Denmark and later, Australia, California, Hawaii and Ontario.

Though it uses a sport-utility vehicle for the demonstration – not the greenest choice – the company said that it can recharge the batteries using solar panels, “creating a truly zero-emission solution,” according to an e-mailed comment from Sidney Goodman, a Better Place vice president.

A Cold, Hard Fact - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

From Alaska, where the Army Corps of Engineers is tracking a "growing" problem . . . too much ice mass:

The Corp is involved because 'when' and 'if' the Hubbard Glacier eventually closes the Russell Fjord, the fjord will fill with fresh water, becoming a 30-mile-long lake creating a new 40,000-cubic-feet-per-second river system. This will have an extremely 'negative' economic impact on Yakutat and the surrounding regions. It's possible that at the shocking rate of seven feet per day in its advancement, the Hubbard Glacier could close the fjord by later this summer, or even prior to that time, if the current rate of advancement speeds up, say to perhaps 10 or 12 feet per day.