The Collapse Of Credibility At The International Panel On Climate Change

Scientific rigor at the IPCC was never intended as suggested above in their documents. This is becoming more widely recognized as these major league scandals unfold, and the Earth continues to cool. The basics of sound science, peer review, replication, and exchanges of both climate data and computer algorithms were never reduced to common rigorous practice by the IPCC. The collapse of credibility at the IPCC is well underway, and millions are recognizing it.
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Michael R. Fox, Ph.D., is a nuclear scientist and a science and energy resource for Hawaii Reporter and a science analyst for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, is retired and now lives in Eastern Washington.

BP Chief Sees Decades of Fossil Fuel Use - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Hayward, the chief executive of the oil giant BP, said Tuesday at the Oil & Money conference in London that his company’s forecasts suggest that fossil fuels will still satisfy about 80 percent of global energy needs in 2030.
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Mr. Hayward said that power plants were built to operate for more than 30 years and automobiles for 15 years and that such long “lead times” impeded any changeover to greener technologies.

“It’s dangerous to promise too much too soon,” said Mr. Hayward.
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“Politically, the carbon price could never be set high enough to change some aspects of consumer behavior,” he said. “The reality is – that to make the kind of difference we’re talking about – cap-and-trade will need to be supplemented both by economic incentives and by regulation,” he said.

Aug '08: Obama [promises too much too soon]; calls for end to foreign oil dependence in 10 years - Monsters and Critics

Obama, who celebrated his 47th birthday Monday, said he would direct the 'full resources' of government towards promoting renewable energy sources, investing 150 billion dollars over the 10-year period.

'Breaking our oil addiction is one of the greatest challenges our generation will ever face. It's gonna take nothing less than a complete transformation of our economy,' Obama said in Michigan, home to the nation's largest automakers.