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Minnesota invested itself in alternative energy sources years ago, and so the revelation that the state spent $3.3 million on eleven wind turbines hardly qualifies as news. However, the fact that they don’t work in cold weather does. KSTP reports that none of the wind turbines work, prompting the Twin Cities ABC affiliate to dub them “no-spin zones.”

Twitter / Andy Revkin [incorrectly claims that I haven't "read much"]

Those alleging I've only just noted there's complexity in climate http://j.mp/dotWarmist haven't read much: http://j.mp/nytMiddle #agw #eco

How Many Climategates Are Needed?: Barry Napier

The nerve and audacity of climateers astonish me. No matter how many proofs are given that they are lying, they keep on going, pretending everything is okay. And followers obediently hang on, like blind men.

When Climategate crashed around the world like a rhino with toothache, all climateers could say was “Oh, even if the figures were fraudulent, it won’t alter the conclusions”. In itself, that was a really astounding thing to say. The other one was “Yes, but the emails were misrepresented. They really meant…”

[In order to prevent bad weather in Perth Amboy]: We need ideas to stop a third runway | Ben Stewart | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Just over a year ago, in a spectacular display of indifference for the climate and the quality of life of millions of people, the government announced its support for a third runway at Heathrow. But two days earlier, Greenpeace had revealed its cunning plan to stop it. We came together with Emma Thompson, Alistair McGowan and Zac Goldsmith to buy a bit of the runway from right under BAA's noses. We called it Airplot. This marked the start of an epic battle.

Luddite: Definition from Answers.com

1 Any of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment.
2 One who opposes technical or technological change