Friedman claims that Denmark is energy smart - NYTimes.com

Oil exports and energy taxes also subsidize mass transit and energy efficiency, keeping bills low for Danish consumers.

Denmark is "Energy Smart"? Think Again. - US News and World Report

Meanwhile, despite lavish government subsidies for wind power, coal use has remained remarkably stable. In 1999, Denmark's daily coal consumption was the equivalent of about 94,400 barrels of oil per day. By 2007, despite a 136 percent increase in the amount of electricity produced from wind power, Denmark's coal consumption was exactly the same as it was back in 1999. In fact, Denmark's coal consumption in 2007 was only about 4 percent lower than it was back in 1981. And while coal use dropped slightly over that period, natural gas consumption went from zero to over 400 million cubic feet per day.

As for energy prices, the Danes undoubtedly provide a model for those who believe that exorbitant energy taxes help control consumption. In 2008, Danish residential electricity customers were paying $0.38 per kilowatt-hour—or nearly four times as much as their counterparts in the United States. And Danish motorists are getting mugged. In late 2008, Danish drivers were paying $1.54 per liter for gasoline, while drivers in the UK were paying $1.44 and U.S. motorists were paying $0.56. Only a handful of countries have more expensive fuel than Denmark, a list that includes Italy, Norway, Turkey, and Germany.

Roger L. Simon » Post Copenhagen: Is Man-Made Global Warming a Dead Issue?

I know this sounds premature, but the failure of UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen has in all likelihood made anthropogenic global warming a dead issue.

[Still more laughable coverage from your mainstream media]: Fierce Climate Talk Arguments Raise Scientists' Hopes - ABC News - BILL BLAKEMORE

This debate was within what is at times called The Family of Man.

At the moment, it appears that Mother Earth and Mother Nature are at the head of the table.

And as President Obama quoted at some point months ago, "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."

But some eminent American climate scientists are greatly encouraged by the high-level arguments that took place -- often simply because they did.