Professor of Atmospheric Science: CRU Emails “Tip Of A Giant Iceberg”

Yup….its now 2009 and whole nations have been wiped off the face of the earth….right?

These people, who only a few years ago told us that the science was settled, couldn’t be more of a farce.

Copenhagen, Cap and Trade, and Political Hubris - WSJ.com

Meanwhile, none of the "green" energy sources—wind, solar or biofuels—has so far proved even remotely efficient or scalable, while often entailing serious environmental consequences of their own. These industries exist mainly because governments have thrown tens of billions in subsidies at them, and still they can't compete with carbon sources.

Much of the momentum for Copenhagen is now driven by the alternative fuels industry and its investors, who stand to lose vast sums unless governments artificially raise the price of carbon. These include our friends at Kleiner Perkins, the ecoventure capital fund that includes Al Gore as a partner. And of course that part of the political class congenitally eager to redistribute taxpayer monies also wants to dispense "carbon credits" to friends and political donors.

[But I'd place the odds of terrorist attacks at 100.0%, and the odds of CO2-induced global catastrophe at 0.0%] - WSJ

Tom Friedman looks to Dick Cheney for inspiration: If a 1% chance of terrorism attacks justifies all sorts of extreme measures, then the “low-probablity, high-impact” events of climate change surely do, too. Even if global warming turns out to be a hoax, he writes, the U.S. will get a cleaner energy mix and a more robust economy in the long run.

RealClearPolitics - Our Way or ... Well, Our Way

We don't need a cap-and-trade deal. What we need is a RICO trial.
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The administration also acts as if this were the last chance to save mankind, when, in fact -- on the heels of the ClimateGate scandal, sagging poll numbers on warming hysteria and genuine economic worries (worries that would be exacerbated by more growth-inhibiting regulations) -- it might only be its last chance to cram through a framework for harsh emissions standards.

Granted, there are a few obstacles standing in the way. Votes. People. Process. And so on ...

C3: Climategate: Peer-Reviewed Research Indicates Just A Tiny Monthly Warming Adjustment By Scientists Would Cause 70% of Global Warming

How much adjustment would have to be done to to accomplish a one-half degree (0.5°C) increase since 1950? Not very much when done on a monthly basis - only 0.00083 of a degree per month. If scientists had the computers only adjust each month's temperature by less than one-thousandth of a degree up, it would create CO2 caused global warming since 1950 of 0.5°C. And remember, the globe since 1850 has supposedly warmed by 0.7°C - over 70% of that (0.5°C) since 1950. And as we have seen, these same IPCC climate "scientists" then robotically blame all these temperature increases on human CO2 emissions.

Hunger striker gives up on death warning

Climate change hunger striker Michael Morphett has given up his fast after being warned he could die.