Monday, September 28, 2009

Doubling Down on Climate Change: Activists want America to reduce emissions to 1960s levels. Is that even possible? - Reason Magazine
So is a 40 percent cut in emissions possible? The foregoing number crunching exercise suggests that it could be. But the commitment is huge: We're talking about the equivalent of shuttering every single one of America's coal plants in favor of hundreds of new nuclear facilities, hundreds of thousands of windmills, or millions of solar panels—or perhaps replacing the entire U.S. auto fleet with zero-emissions vehicles. The magnitude of such an effort would be similar to the projected costs of President Obama's proposed government-funded health insurance plan or the price tag for the War on Terror. These are big changes, not to be glossed over in glowing speeches about international cooperation and our bright green energy future.
Hurricane leaders deny climate change - Salt Lake Tribune
City leaders in Hurricane have approved a resolution opposing any federal legislation governing heat-trapping emissions that would result in higher energy costs.

Utah gets about 95 percent of its electricity from coal burning.

Hurricane Mayor Tom Hirschi says he doesn't believe scientific evidence has demonstrated that human activities are raising global temperatures.

Hirschi calls cap-and-trade legislation a scare tactic.
YouTube - Cooling the Roof
On September 24th 2009, the YMCA joined Mayor Bloomberg and Former Vice President Gore to intiate the NYC Cool Roofs intiative at the Long Island City YMCA.
Op-Ed Columnist - [Alarmist Tom Friedman's faith in the global warming religion seems to be wavering] - NYTimes.com
China’s leaders, mostly engineers, wasted little time debating global warming. They know the Tibetan glaciers that feed their major rivers are melting. But they also know that even if climate change were a hoax, the demand for clean, renewable power is going to soar

1 comment:

10ksnooker said...

Apparently 'heat trapping emissions' don't work like the models say they are supposed to. How sad.