Scoot Over: Next Up, A Hybrid Vespa - Environmental Capital - WSJ

At first blush, the move seems more like green piety than anything else. Traditional gasoline-powered scooters, like the iconic Vespa, already get great mileage. Adding a hybrid engine does boost fuel economy—Piaggo talks of 140 miles a gallon–but also ratchets up the price.

Piaggio’s hybrid three-wheel scooter will retail for about $12,500, the WSJ reports. That compares with just over $7,000 for the cheaper three-wheel models sold in the U.S. The hybrid version could hit the U.S. next year.

Nicholas Liberto: Climate bill shameful scam - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Members of both the Democratic and Republican parties have allowed themselves to be cowed into voting to curtail something that poses no danger to the planet, but instead poses great danger to the standard of living that Americans earned through the application of their individual talents over the past two and a half centuries.

These politicians have allowed themselves to be threatened with losing their valuable seats in Congress unless they comply with a plan that is part of the largest scam ever perpetrated against the American people. The media have allowed themselves to be the messenger and write about "dangerous" things without verification.

More GE Welfare Queen… « Green Hell Blog

“Unable to Unload Limping Divisions, GE Invests in Propping Them Up” is the headline of this article in today’s Wall Street Journal.

If you the read the article, however, you’ll find that it is actually taxpayers that are doing the propping:

Climate Change Fraud - Because the debate is not over - Kill Polar Bears, Drink Coke to Save the Planet!

Does my math seem funny or incoherent? Do my solutions seem ridiculous? Do you detect a bit of a self serving agenda? Good for you. Now, examine what the politicians in Washington, the U.N. and all the “Green” groups out there are doing. Come back and let me know if you can see a difference between me and them. I sure can’t.

And hey, if all things are equal, wouldn’t you rather live in my world? Unlike the real world where Al Gore gets rich, the middle class suffers, and we are faced with regulation on top of regulation that limits modern convenience and our standard of living, I propose a world where we all get to show up to work drunk, girls wear sassy outfits, diet coke flows from your kitchen faucet, and everyone eats steaks! Hey, whatever we can do to save the planet!