Friday, May 08, 2009

Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr. Research Group News » Paper Titled “Regimes Or Cycles In Tropical Cyclone Activity In The North Atlantic” By Aberson 2009
This paper informs us that i) natural variations in climate metrics are quite large and ii) the non-temporal homogeneity of the climate data can result in the misinterpretation of statistical results.
Obama’s [Socialist] Climate [Scam] Chief to Talk ‘Cap and Trade’ With CEOs Today - Bloomberg.com
May 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s [socialist] climate “czar,” Carol Browner, will meet with executives from companies such as Duke Energy Corp. who are seeking business- friendly rules to cap global warming pollution, officials said.

Representatives from the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, or USCAP, a coalition of companies including Duke and General Electric Co., will meet with Browner at the White House today to talk about a proposed bill in Congress to create a market for trading permits to release carbon dioxide emissions, people familiar with the matter said.
Editorial - The Climate Debate Heats Up - NYTimes.com
Fix it, but get on with it, in the certain knowledge that failure to act would almost certainly doom comprehensive climate change legislation for this year and, probably, for this Congress.
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...if the scientists are right, we know that the costs of doing nothing will dwarf the costs of acting now.
Electric cars should make a noise: How about looping the words "I actually think I'm saving polar bears right now"?
Sound generators will make electric and hybrid cars safer

WHEN cars run on electric power they not only save fuel and cut emissions but also run more quietly. Ordinarily, people might welcome quieter cars on the roads. However, as the use of hybrid and electric vehicles grows, a new concern is growing too: pedestrians and cyclists find it hard to hear them coming, especially when the cars are moving slowly through a busy town or manoeuvring in a car park. Some drivers say that when their cars are in electric mode people are more likely to step out in front of them. The solution, many now believe, is to fit electric and hybrid cars with external sound systems.

A bill going through the American Congress wants to establish a minimum level of sound for vehicles that are not using an internal-combustion engine, so that blind people and other pedestrians can hear them coming. The bill’s proponents also want that audible alert to be one that will help people judge the direction and speed of the vehicle. A similar idea is being explored by the European Commission.

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