Errors in IPCC climate science » Blog Archive » Colossal costs to convert Australia to 100% renewable energy – and could it work then ?

For the EDM-2011 baseline simulation, and using costs derived for the Federal Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (DRET, 2011b), the costs are estimated to be: $568 billion capital cost, $336/MWh cost of electricity and $290/tonne CO2 abatement cost. That is, the wholesale cost of electricity for the simulated system would be SEVEN times more than now, with an abatement cost that is THIRTEEN times the starting price of the Australian carbon tax and THIRTY times the European carbon price. (This cost of electricity does not include costs for the existing electricity network)

PressTV - Over 500 die in Europe's persistent big freeze

Many of the dead were homeless people, who literally froze to death as he temperatures dropped to minus 50 degrees in some parts of the continent. Their bodies were found in the streets buried under snow, in rivers, and in doorways. Dozens of people were also killed in weather-related accidents.

The record low temperatures across the continent have also paralyzed transportation and shipping and are threatening power sources. Nearly all the rivers in the Balkans have frozen over.

Undergrad finds trend in climate rhetoric - The Brown Daily Herald - Serving the community daily since 1891

Comparing the number of times the word "energy" was mentioned compared to "climate" during the Obama presidency, she found an average ratio of 7.6:1, meaning for every seven times energy was referred to, climate was mentioned once. The ratio has doubled in magnitude between 2009 and 2011, according to Kincaid's study....

Kincaid said she is disappointed that Obama has never used the bully pulpit when it comes to climate change. But as she spoke with White House staffers during the course of her research, she said she was pleasantly surprised to find that climate change is a personal issue for the president.

"That made me feel good and like I wasn't just being really idealistic in hoping that my president cared about climate change," Kincaid said.

Flashback: Newsweek On McCain In The Dark, Obama Threats, And More

[Obama] So when Brian Williams is asking me about what's a personal thing that you've done [that's green], and I say, you know, 'Well, I planted a bunch of trees.' And he says, 'I'm talking about personal.' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'."

Flashback: The Age of Obama: Heat for me, but not for thee « Hot Air

The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full day in the White House, President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There was, however, a logical explanation: Mr. Obama, who hates the cold, had cranked up the thermostat.

“He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”