As C.F.L. Sales Fall, More Incentives Urged - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

In a September 18 letter to C.F.L. industry stakeholders, Richard Karney, Energy Star products manager, said that national sales of the bulbs have declined 25 percent from their peak in 2007, with sales in some regions such as Vermont and parts of Massachusetts declining 35 to 50 percent. Further, he noted, shipments of C.F.L.s — which are supposed to last far longer than traditional incandescents –are down 49 percent in 2009 over 2007 levels.
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C.F.L.s subsidized by California ratepayers are “being resold on eBay all over the country and even in Canada,” said Mindy Spatt, spokesperson for the Utility Reform Network.

What Tom Friedman Left Out on Sunday - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online

What does Tom Friedman think will happen when China has all these coal-fired plants come on line? Does he really expect them to sit idle and come online only when it's not windy?

C3: The Liberal Attack On Science: IPCC Says Urban Heat Island Effect Is Tiny; NASA Finds It Can Add 7.0°F To Surrounding Area

...The IPCC is a leftist-oriented, UN political agency that is assigned the known objective of convincing the public that global warming has been caused by human CO2. In order to accomplish this, it must dismiss or minimize any non-CO2 science evidence that undermines that objective, even if a major science organization's research, such as NASA, reports otherwise. This is a common result of left-liberal organizations that proceed in an "ends justify means" fashion - science becomes the enemy.

CIA Opens Center on Climate Change and National Security — Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency is launching The Center on Climate Change and National Security as the focal point for its work on the subject. The Center is a small unit led by senior specialists from the Directorate of Intelligence and the Directorate of Science and Technology.

Its charter is not the science of climate change, but the national security impact of phenomena such as desertification, rising sea levels, population shifts, and heightened competition for natural resources.