Farmers to march against ETS | Stuff.co.nz

Wellingtonians will again be subjected to the lunchtime spectacle today of a bunch of protesters marching down Lambton Quay to Parliament.

Climate Change Deniers: A Cacophony Of Grunting | NEWS JUNKIE POST

There’s the rub; they are intelligent, thoughtful people who nonetheless have been taken in be the climate Denier disinformation campaign. If that demographic is not on side, what hope is there?

Hippie Cars Pollute - VW Bugs vs Toyota Prius Emissions - thedailygreen.com

It turns out that the VW Beetle and its Microbus variant (same engine) are like Rush Limbaugh to the Prius' Al Gore. One auto analyst did a back-of-the-envelope calculation for me and concluded that the mid-60s Beetle produces more than 141% more hydrocarbons and 80% more nitrogen oxides (the main smog ingredients) than does the typical SUV the greens hate. Even a Hummer is far cleaner for the environment (and the Hudson, for that matter), than old VWs.

Carbon Tax On Electricity To Send Prices Skyrocketing

Indeed, BP has “explicitly backed” a “higher gas tax,” because the money will end up back in their coffers. If Obama limits the carbon tax to electricity companies, BP won’t be affected. However, even if the tax is expanded to include oil companies, the costs will merely be passed on to the consumer in the form of gas rate hikes. Obama’s constant call to reduce dependence on oil also helps companies like BP sell the myth of artificial scarcity, which in turn boosts the price of oil to their benefit.