Saturday, December 13, 2008

Tim O'Reilly weighs in
If you've been following my talks in which I urge software developers and entrepreneurs to "work on stuff that matters," you know that I consider getting a handle on carbon accounting is the first step in putting a stop to global warming. (If you're a warming skeptic, I consider global warming as a modern example of Pascal's wager: if we're wrong, and global warming is not human caused, the steps we'll take to address it are still worthwhile. We get off foreign oil, improve our energy security, build new industries, improve the environment.)
Daily Kos: Inhofe Plays while the Boxer's Away
Quite sadly, Morano knows how to manipulate the system and gain attention, with a massive spread of such malicious information just before the Christmas break on the Hill, when other members and staff simply are not around to put accurate information out on behalf of the entire committee (rather than simply deceptive truthiness and outright lies from the Minority side).
Unleashed: Not scared anymore, Mr Gore!
Marc Hendrickx has created an online presentation depicting an imagined visit by Al Gore to a classroom where his message meets a spirited challenge.

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