Thursday, July 08, 2010

The American Spectator - Threats, Fraud and Deception
...But of course particuarly with a case that has actually deteriorated after billions of dollars spent to support it, challenge would only lead to doubt. The global warming enterprise is above all a political one, and politics hates uncertainty. Even more surely, this multi-trillion dollar, life-altering agenda cannot withstand doubt. So whatever means necessary are acceptable.
Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Catastrophes Wanted: Climate Change and the Soft Market in Reinsurance
Climate change is indeed real -- with a significant human component -- but to date, there has been no signal of human caused climate change in the disaster record. Don't just take my word for it, you can see that result in the peer reviewed research conducted by . . . Munich Re.
Hot Air » Shocker: Yet another Obama “green economy” fail
What happens when one government intervention for social engineering meets another government intervention for social engineering? Hilarity doesn’t exactly ensue, as the White House discovered when it attempted to exploit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to carry paper for its home-energy improvement program, part of Barack Obama’s “green economy” strategy. The two GSEs issued a rare rebuke to the Obama administration and refused to play along, at least for the moment
Portland State: [Brainwashed college students lead the fight against trace amounts of harmless, invisible, natural atmospheric gas]
PSU’s plan is even more aggressive. It calls for an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions below current levels by 2030 and getting to carbon neutrality by 2040.
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PSU’s climate action plan meshes well with student and faculty sensibilities. As the plan notes, PSU students are fascinated by studying the environmental merits of bathroom hand dryers vs. paper towels. About 160 students attended a town hall to review the climate action plan.
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Plane travel is “the trickiest part of the whole puzzle,” says Mark Gregory, associate vice president in finance and administration. Faculty, staff and students flew 9.4 million miles in fiscal year 2007-08 – 17 times the miles driven by car. Air travel accounted for 50 times the carbon emissions of car travel.

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