Sunday, February 28, 2010

13% of Utilities Believe Centralized Electric Generation Will be Obsolete by 2050 : CleanTechnica
But a surprising 13% of utilities believe that an “Al Gore Electra-net” model of distributed rooftop power will be the dominant way we get our electricity in the US by 2050.
[If we're going to power this country with rooftop solar panels, who's going to constantly keep them all snow-free?]: February 13, 2010: 49 states dusted with snow; Hawaii's the holdout
As of early Friday morning, 67.1 percent of the U.S. had snow on the ground, with the average depth a healthy 8 inches. Normally, about 40 or 50 percent of the U.S. has snow cover this time of year, Robinson said.
Jackson recorded 2 measurable snow events in February for the first time; well above normal snowfall
The overall total snowfall for the winter season in Jackson stands at 5.5 inches, which is over 4 inches above the average seasonal snowfall total of just less than an inch. (.9")
The Reference Frame: Al Gore: unimaginable calamity
Al Gore admits that while the unimaginable calamity is global in nature, it's hard to find any single place on the globe where any effect of it could actually be seen. ;-)
American Thinker: If You Get Too Cold, I'll Tax the Heat
If climate doomsday is a chimera, then reducing CO2 is a pointless sacrifice of the quality of life we have achieved after centuries of progress. The choice between cap-and-trade and a carbon tax is irrelevant. Depriving terrorists of oil revenue and meeting our growing energy needs can be better achieved by expanding domestic fossil fuels and nuclear power. Go nuke. Drill, baby, drill.

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