Attention Muggers, Thieves, Rapists And Hooligans! Tomorrow Evening Is Earth-Hour – Cities Switching Off Lights

And get a load of this craziness: A bunch of moron officials at the Budapest Hungary International Airport are going to turn off the tarmac lights! Talk about making the world a safer place to live.

Plug-in Prius not worth it, economically | Grist

Bengt Halvorson of Green Car Reports did the math on whether or not it's worth it to buy the forthcoming plug-in version of the Toyota Prius, and the math is ugly:
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The Prius has a small battery that holds only enough charge to take the vehicle 14 miles

Haven't we had 'global cooling' lately? | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The planet did cool slightly from the 1940s to the 1970s, mainly in the northern hemisphere and most likely a result of the post-war boom in industrial aerosol pollutants that bounce sunlight away from the Earth.

Will climate change cause wars? | Environment | guardian.co.uk

It's not hard to imagine international tensions bubbling over as the planet heats up

List of Wars and casualties of the 20th Century

[Looking at this data, do you notice a clear correlation between war deaths and atmospheric CO2 levels?]