Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Projected Coldest Winter In 1000 Years May Be Caused By Global Warming?
That what the reporter in the following clip seems to suggest. So it may be time for the warmists to start explaining why cold winters are coming back. A number of blogs are buzzing about the “coldest winter in a 1000 years” being reported here: RT Prime Time. Western Asia and Eastern Europe are expecting a cold winter, but let’s not go over the edge here. This is a nutty claim.

Survey: ‘Social Statement’ Cars Aren’t Selling - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online
Bad timing for Barack Obama’s socially conscious auto agenda.

“Buying a car is no longer about making a statement but about making a monthly payment,” observes the Detroit News’s Scott Burgess today.
Issue Brief 7 | Despite Billions in Subsidies, Corn Ethanol Has Not Cut U.S. Oil Imports
Since the 1970s, Congress has justified subsidies[1] to the corn ethanol industry with the oft-repeated claim that boosting domestic production of ethanol will increase America's energy security by reducing U.S. oil imports.[2]

That claim has no basis in fact.

Between 1999 and 2009, U.S. ethanol production increased seven-fold, to more than 700,000 barrels per day (bbl/d). During that period, however, oil imports increased by more than 800,000 bbl/d.
The Reference Frame: Solar panels return to the White House
Peace Nobel prize winner Barack Obama decided to show his appreciation for the newest 21st century technologies. So he will decorate the White House with the same gadgets that his fellow peace Nobel prize winner Jimmy Carter installed in 1979: solar panels.

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