More False Global Warming Alarmism: The Gulf Stream Is Going To Stop

Several recent panics were triggered by computer errors. The sudden drop in the stock market of 1000 points in a matter of minutes on May 6, 2010, is a good example.

Similar panics have occurred in weather and climate. For example, a recent report of a sudden collapse of the Gulf Stream drew attention. Fortunately, the computer error was quickly identified and the story squelched. Incentive to grab the story was provided by the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. But then alarmists are always ready to use and abuse a story without confirming the facts.

The Precarious Crown of King Coal -- Seeking Alpha

1. Even if one thinks that CO2 is a crisis (and I personally am a proud denier), it is a long-term problem, requiring a time horizon of decades. Precipitous action makes no sense, and the U.S. should be using its cheapest fuel (coal) to finance a long-term transition to other sources of energy, probably primarily nuclear, over the next century. As the American people are forced to face the consequences of steep rises in energy prices, they will educate themselves on these realities and react against the pied pipers who led them down the green path.
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The coal industry has also embraced the idea of more efficient plants and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), but, while the increased efficiency is real and makes significant reductions in conventional pollutants, it does not make coal comparable to natural gas in terms of CO2 emissions. CCS is looking like an expensive dream, and is not feasible on any time scale that would help the coal industry in the current time frame of decision, so the industry has no effective counters to the climate change scare stories.

KPBJ.COM | Federal regulators killing energy projects and jobs

President Obama says two of his biggest priorities are jobs and renewable energy. Perhaps he should tell his regulators to help, not hinder, energy projects because some of their most recent actions are killing them and their accompanying jobs. In the process, they’re making us even more reliant on foreign oil.
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Here in Washington, environmental activists and hobby farmers near White Salmon are trying to scuttle a wind farm that would provide electricity to 20,000 families. They say it will ruin the view in the Columbia Gorge.

Now the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is targeting one of the nation’s biggest producers of renewable energy — biomass plants.