Welcome to the wacky world of green power - The Globe and Mail

Welcome to the wacky world of green power, where misguided governments have sparked a massive corporate feeding frenzy (at taxpayers’ expense) to achieve little or nothing of any social benefit. This week, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced $8-billion more in green investments, on top of the $7-billion he announced a short while ago. He’s determined to outspend B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, who also wants to be the king of green. The heart of their strategy is to pay massive subsidies to wind, solar and other renewable energy producers – many of them large multinational corporations – for the next 20 years.
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“The solar panel is the ideal modern status symbol, which signifies both wealth and superiority, even if it’s perfectly useless,” writes Mr. Monbiot. “Seldom has there been a bigger public rip-off.”

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Climate Scientist: 'Skeptical Science' misleading and fails to understand physics

Climate scientist Roger Pielke Sr. skewers the [un]-'Skeptical Science' blog today for posting "misleading" information about the lack of ocean warming since 2004, and a failure to understand the physics.

[Settled science update]: Theory suggests comet didn't trigger ice age

The theory that a giant comet crashed into earth around 13,000 years ago, causing the planet to freeze over and animals to die off is now being called into question as another theory is being put forth to explain the cause of the ice age.

The Telegraph reports that scientists now argue instead that water from melting glaciers disturbed ocean currents and caused worldwide temperatures to drop, resulting in a mass extinction that almost wiped out the human race.