FT.com | FT Energy Source | Wind turbine manufacturing in the UK - and beyond

It was an extraordinary thing for the British Wind Energy Association to say.

In a briefing note sent to journalists late on Friday, the BWEA admitted that there was no business case for building a new manufacturing plant for onshore wind turbines in the UK. Nor was there a business case for Vestas to keep its wind turbine manufacturing plant open.

William McGurn: Should We Have Fewer Children to Save the Planet? - WSJ.com

The real answer, of course, is to have a little more faith in the creative powers of human beings. Given the freedom to grow and innovate, surely the same people who have licked polio, sent a man to the moon, and given us a revolution in information will sooner or later come up with new technologies that will provide for our energy needs while being friendlier to the environment.

The task is not without its challenges. But we’re not likely to get far with a “science” that defines the problem as American babies.

Gwen Ottinger - When 'Clunkers' Are Greener - washingtonpost.com

Want to be green? Consider keeping your "clunker."

How much is that clunker in the window? - Los Angeles Times

Under the government's program, my tax dollars are being diverted to people with cheap cars so they can buy expensive ones. That's just really inefficient wealth distribution, not wealth creation. But government can see it, and that's all that counts.

Why Most Journalists Are Democrats: A View from the Soviet Socialist Trenches | Psychology Today

Harry Stein, former ethics editor of Esquire, once said: "Journalism, like social work, tends to attract individuals with a keen interest in bettering the world.” In other words, journalists self-select based on a desire to help others. Socialism, with its “spread the wealth” mentality intended to help society’s underdogs, sounds ideal.