Economic View - A Missed Opportunity on Climate [Fraud] - NYTimes.com

DURING the presidential campaign of 2008, Barack Obama distinguished himself on the economics of climate change, speaking far more sensibly about the issue than most of his rivals. Unfortunately, now that he is president, Mr. Obama may sign a climate bill that falls far short of his aspirations. Indeed, the legislation making its way to his desk could well be worse than nothing at all.

Richard Branson: I’m in a dirty old business but I try - Times Online

He started with coconut oil — flying a Boeing 747 from London to Amsterdam last year with one engine running on the stuff — but gave up when he realised there weren’t enough coconuts to fuel an airline. It didn’t help that a recent holiday in India was ruined by people trying to sell him coconuts everywhere he went. He moved on to ethanol but dumped that when it became clear that it freezes at 15,000ft.
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As he headed back to Shanghai airport, he said: “The curious thing is, if this city and the rest of China had not got this haze, the world would, in fact, heat up by about an extra two and a half degrees. So, let’s keep the haze until we can come up with a solution to global warming. Maybe we should put a little extra sulphur in our fuel to create more?”

Joyce - "I will not be supporting the ETS"

So let us just cut to the chase, there is only one ETS and that’s the one being put forward by Minister Wong and Mr Rudd, it’s an economic suicide note for so many areas in Australia and I will not be voting for it.