Bryce’s Must-Read Book on Energy - Planet Gore - National Review Online

Robert Bryce is an energy realist. So reading him is refreshing. First, because most people when discussing matters of energy are either ill- or misinformed, naive, liars, or have a personal stake in the policy outcomes. Second, because everytime I read something by Bryce, I learn something new — and I usually learn a new, persuasive, way to make points that I’ve tried to make previously.

Column - The boring end of the world | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

WE humans are about to be wiped out in a few decades. The grandchildren of many of us will not live to old age.

Hear it from Frank Fenner, emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University and the man who helped eradicate smallpox.

“Homo sapiens will become extinct, perhaps within 100 years,” he told The Australian this week.

“It’s an irreversible situation.” Blame global warming.

First 4,400 Volt buyers to get "free" chargers | Green Tech - CNET News

The 240-volt charging stations will be free to Volt buyers; the cost will be covered by a grant from the Department of Energy under the Transportation Electrification Initiative funds inside the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Amazon.com: With Speed and Violence: Why [Junk] Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change…

Even President Bush's chief climate modeler notes that the glaciers and ice sheets at the poles are disintegrating at alarming rates and warns that we may be only a decade and one degree of warming away from global catastrophe. The science behind climate studies is complex, but [Fred] Pearce makes it accessible enough to terrify even the most uninitiated layperson.