The Associated Press: AP Exclusive: `Smart' meters have security holes

SAN FRANCISCO — Computer-security researchers say new "smart" meters that are designed to help deliver electricity more efficiently also have flaws that could let hackers tamper with the power grid in previously impossible ways.

Meteorologist Joe D'Aleo Refutes Mann

As for the Medieval Warm Period, the 11 other studies Dr. Mann mentioned were all done by members of the same team using the same contaminated data and improper analyses. They were indeed able to replicate his same error but it does not prove he was right. Instead turn to the CO2 Science MWP project where to date they have collated peer review studies by 813 individual scientists from 485 separate research institutions in 43 different countries ... and counting that confirmed the Medieval Warm Period and the fact it was real and global in nature. Ironically one of the papers was a dissertation for one of the authors of the original Mann etal paper that started it all.

Wealthy landowners make millions in the wind rush - Times Online

SOME of Britain’s richest landowners are set to earn millions by building wind farms to exploit the lucrative system of subsidies for generating renewable energy.

Among the biggest potential beneficiaries is the Duke of Roxburghe, whose planned 48-turbine scheme on his Scottish estate would generate an estimated £30m a year, shared with developers. About £17m of this would come from subsidies from consumers.

The disgusting toffs who are destroying Britain – Telegraph Blogs

Perhaps there was a time, in the early days of wind farms, when these men could have pleaded ignorance of just how evil and useless wind farms are. Not any more. So much strong evidence has now emerged of the damage wind farms do to bird life and to the natural beauty of the landscape, in return for no real benefit to anyone except heavily-subsidised wind-farm-owners, that the only way anyone could possibly ignore it is to stick their fingers in their ears, close their eyes and go: “Nyah nyah nyah. Don’t care. My estate manager tells me it’s going to make me pots and pots of lovely dosh, so bugger the peasants who have their views ruined and the little people who have to pay for my lovely holidays in Mustique with their increased eco-taxes and inflated electricity bills.”