Monday, August 20, 2012

Leader of Welsh Green Party drives ten year old, gas-guzzling Jaguar
Pippa Bartolotti is currently leader of the Green Party in Wales and she's standing for the leadership of the UK-wide party, to succeed Caroline Lucas. Two months ago she was in trouble for waving a Nazi flag. Today's Independent reveals that she owns a very nice Jaguar X-type (similar to the one pictured above). She has so far refused to trade it in for something with a smaller carbon footprint
A Modest Proposal to Create More “Green Jobs” | Power Line
Did you know that there are more “green jobs” in the U.S. than fossil fuel jobs? Well, that could be true, depending on how you define green jobs and fossil fuel jobs. The Science and Environmental Policy Project’s “The Week That Was” explains
Traveling in a warming world « [Colorado warmist Bob Berwyn takes unnecessary fossil-fueled trip to Europe]
We flew into Frankfurt, Germany and even before we landed, we were able to see that western European countries are taking the issue of energy and climate change very seriously. During the last hour of the flight, we saw hundreds of wind turbines arrayed along ridgelines, in clumps near towns and in smaller clusters near villages and scattered across farmlands.

The approach seems to be to generate power where it’s needed, and the same goes for solar. During the train ride from Frankfurt to Linz, we were amazed to see photovoltaic arrays in every corner of the landscape: In the railroad right-of-way, in hay meadows and on the rooftops of residential and commercial buildings.
'Top Gun' director Tony Scott jumps to his death from L.A. bridge - latimes.com
Several witnesses told police they saw Scott get out of his Toyota Prius, which was parked on the bridge, about 12:30 p.m. Then he scaled an 8- to 10-foot fence and jumped off without any hesitation, law enforcement sources said.

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