Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Tom Steyer On Al Gore's Ethanol Flip-Flop: DUH!

Steyer says:

"I saw in the paper the other day that Al Gore was saying that maybe he shouldn't have been for ethanol. It's kind of like duh! Did you ever take out your calculator on that one?"

William M. Briggs, Statistician » Global Warming Causes Death

It had to happen. Global warming has been proved, in the same manner as this new paper proves its dread effect, to cause every other horrific kind of premature death, from swarming insect attacks, to rampant prostitution and its natural aftermaths, to unstoppable epidemics of this bacteria and that virus.

But nobody thought to put the Big C on the list until Donald Cooper of the United Nations Environment Programme. His mental efforts deserve some kind of prize or award, surely.

[Remember When Conservatives Loved WikiLeaks for its Stellar Work on ClimateGate?  Neither Do I]

Remember that? It was only a year ago that Assange was a hero to conservatives, who used those emails -- and continue to use them -- to claim that global warming is a giant hoax.

Maldives disputes allegations of US “climate bribe” to support Copenhagen Accord | Minivan News

The Maldivian government has hit back at allegations of “climate bribery” in international media this week, disputing claims that it pushed for US$50 million assistance from the US government in exchange for uneqivocally backing the Copenhagen Accord.

Climate Change Not a Political Issue Anymore Except For Mainstream Media

The mainstream media continues to cry wolf about climate issues. But just as the village people stopped listening to the shepherd boy so people will stop listening or reading. That appears to be happening now as they lose customers monthly. By the time they realize the bigger story is the level of deception it will be too late for them to report, but that will be far from a catastrophe.

Letter from D.J. Keenan to the Science and Technology Committee (UK Commons) [2010-12-01]

From this summary account, two main conclusions emerge. First, there is good evidence to support the allegation that Jones committed fraud in some of his research—including research which influenced a chapter of the principal report upon which governments rely for a scientific assessment of global warming. Second, the evidence for the allegation was not considered by either the Oxburgh panel or the Russell panel; indeed, it has not been properly investigated by any competent and authorized body.