The American Spectator : Wind Energy Deal Blows Away

So you've got every problem with wind energy in one judgment: high costs, unreliability, underperformance, and bird-battering. This runs counter to what environoiacs and alternative energy schemers tell us on a daily basis. What's that matter -- can't California and the federal government find enough taxpayer dough to subsidize this boondoggle too, to make it "feasible?" A wind farm of this size should be the environmentalists' dream.

The answer probably is, the government doesn't want to be seen providing giveaways of this nature to the big bad utilities. They'd rather give subsidies to the renewables dealers -- the little gremlins with the Green jobs -- and then make the utilities buy the sporadic energy from them. And whatever you do, don't tick off the ratepayers with higher electric bills, lest they discover the truth about alternative energy.

Local Republican, Democrat square off:Global warming, real or imagined? - Opinion - Press and Guide

Strange, and even bizarre, weather events are occurring on a regular basis, with 2010 being reportedly the hottest year on record. Most of the world’s renowned environmental scientists warn of the dangers of global warming. Thus, it is curious that Connolly should call the concept global warming itself “the product of a quasi-religious cult.” There is incontrovertible evidence that both polar ice caps are experiencing substantial melting and, as a result, world water levels are dangerously rising.

Richard Littlemore | On Climate Change: Is Individual Action Pointless?

Nothing we do as individuals will make any damn difference in the fight to forestall devastating climate change. The incremental reduction in my personal carbon budget resulting from my having chosen cycling over driving is all but laughable against the seemingly inexorable expansion of shale gas wells and tar sand refineries. But if a few of us are seen breaking suddenly in a good direction, others will follow.