Cap and Trade: The Permanent Recession » The Foundry

Waxman-Markey will deepen and prolong future recessions and weaken future recoveries. The goal of cap and trade is to drive up energy prices so high people will use less energy, but even after reduced consumption, people still need to drive their cars and turn on their lights at home. All cap and trade does is force people to spend more on their energy bills. These higher energy prices result in a slower economy, which means less production, higher unemployment, and reduced income.

SpaceWeather.com update

According to NOAA sunspot counts, the longest string of blank suns during the current solar minimum was 52 days back in July, Aug. and Sept. of 2008. If the current trend continues for only four more days, the record will shift to 2009. It's likely to happen; the sun remains eerily quiet and there are no sunspots in the offing. Solar minimum is shaping up to be a big event indeed.

Twitter / Chris Riley

Person walking to Climate change camp past my house, complaining that its too cold and wet for August.

[If you unplug your cell phone charger, will Montanans really spend less money fighting forest fires?]

Climate change and new development in Montana will cause fire-suppression costs to skyrocket at the taxpayer’s expense if policymakers don’t better manage fire-prone areas, a recently released report says.