The New Nostradamus of the North: EU climate commissioner dreams about 100% renewables

It is always so tempting for EU politicians and bureaucrats to speak about how things will be forty or fifty years from now, because they know that they will not be around to face the facts then. Presumably Ms. Hedegaard has also figured out where the electricity comes from when the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine. Or maybe there will not be such days in 2050?

Wind power cheaper than nuclear, says EU climate chief | News | eco-business.com

Connie Hedegaard, the EU climate change commissioner, said: “Some people tend to believe that nuclear is very, very cheap, but offshore wind is cheaper than nuclear. People should believe that this is very, very cheap.”

Garnaut fools us about China | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

Gillard Government warming adviser Ross Garnaut’s tricksy answer is likely to mislead people - and casts further doubt on his impartiality:

Brown is right: why has Gillard joined the extremists? | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

THE Greens have questioned why the government is pursuing their policy on climate change if it considers the minor party to be extreme....

Chevy Volt: The Car From Atlas Shrugged Motors

Recently, President Obama selected General Electric ( GE - news - people ) CEO Jeffrey Immelt to chair his Economic Advisory Board. GE is awash in windmills waiting to be subsidized so they can provide unreliable, expensive power.

Consequently, and soon after his appointment, Immelt announced that GE will buy 50,000 Volts in the next two years, or half the total produced. Assuming the corporation qualifies for the same tax credit, we (you and me) just shelled out $375,000,000 to a company to buy cars that no one else wants so that GM will not tank and produce even more cars that no one wants. And this guy is the chair of Obama's Economic Advisory Board?