Friday, October 30, 2009

Laughing Gas Knocks Out CO2 | The Resilient Earth
Global warming is the scam of the century and it won't be going away anytime soon—there's too much money to be made and political influence to peddle. And the biggest climate change scam of all is about to resurface in America, it's called Cap and Trade.
Getting Hotter: Geothermal Power Attracts the Big Boys - Environmental Capital - WSJ
Why do the big boys want to get involved in geothermal? First, it’s a government grant. The U.S. Treasury, a.k.a. taxpayers, is giving away money for research that could either lead them into a new business or help their core business. (Baker Hughes develops a drill bit that withstands high temperatures? That could help in the search for oil.)
[We're saved!]: EU Seals Compensation for Bulgaria Nuclear Plant Kozloduy Shutdown
Participants in the EU Council Summit meeting in Brussels Friday approved compensation totaling EUR 300 M for closing Kozloduy Power Station.
Brave Thinkers - The Atlantic (November 2009)
Dyson, a renowned physicist and pioneer in quantum electrodynamics theory, has lately committed a heresy without equal in modern science: questioning climate-change orthodoxy...in Dyson’s case, at least, those arguments have evolved from a lifetime of scientific rigor and intellectual honesty.
With “Low-Power Happy Hour” and a Worm Bin, an Idaho Pub Gets Creative - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
At the Bittercreek Alehouse in Boise, Idaho, “low-power happy hour” is in full swing. The lights are off, the candles are lit and the beer is flowing.

Then the owner, Dave Krick, notices that one of the flat-screen televisions is tuned to CNN. “I’m not understanding why the TV is on,” he confessed.
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The booze menu states about how far every drink has traveled from its point of origin: zero miles for Southwest Idaho wines or beers; 5,100 miles for French ones and so on. This has had the desired effect. “We’ve sold a lot more local wine or beer than we ever did before,” said Mr. Krick. (Yes, Idaho can make decent wine.)
Is Carbon Counting The New Calorie Counting? - The Atlantic Business Channel
...when the average shopper comes across "Climate declared: .87 kg CO2 per kg of product" on an oatmeal box, is he or she going to understand what that means?
Why not express oatmeal's weather-altering power by listing the number of catastrophic hurricanes  spawned per serving?

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