Study: Air Pollution From Grilled Burgers Worse Than Trucks « CBS Los Angeles

HESPERIA (CBSLA.com) — A UC Riverside study found that commercially cooked hamburgers cause more air pollution than diesel trucks.
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“For comparison, an 18-wheeler diesel engine truck would have to drive 143 miles on the freeway to put out the same mass of particulates as a single charbroiled hamburger patty,” said Bill Welch, the principle engineer.

San Fran Plan to Go Green Proves that Renewables Can’t Compete

Yesterday, by an 8-3 vote, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved CleanPowerSF, a municipal energy plan that would force about half the city’s ratepayers into using electricity that was generated entirely from renewable sources, like wind and solar power.

The cost? According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the measure would increase utility bills about 23 percent*.

And I thought renewable energy was supposed to be competitive!

Must-Read: A Guide For Engaging and Winning on Climate And Clean Energy | ThinkProgress

Here is more on the three major messages:

Key Finding 1: Extreme Weather

Climate Common Sense: Industries want solar subsidies dumped.

Australian industry warns of an explosion in costs associated with the Renewable Energy Target using intermittent solar and wind generation, an explosion which was always going to happen with the silly schemes implemented by successive governments. Greg Combet's office said that major electricity users are partly shielded from RET costs without stating the corollary that the poorest consumers are hit with the total cost. It is an encouraging sign that more and more critical articles on the "clean energy" fiasco are being published in the MSM.