Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Global warming licences liars | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog
There’s something about global warming that allows even Barack Obama’s Interior Secretary to spin utter fantasies...
Is the Electric Car Gordon’s Golden Bullet?
(b) Secondly, to be accepted widely, electric cars will need the ability to be recharged fully in under ten minutes (the time it takes, on average, to fill up a petrol or diesel car). Unfortunately, nearly all electric cars involve slower charging cycles, which means that they must be parked for several hours while recharging;
Team Obama: We’ll Consider Geoengineering to Fight Climate Change - Environmental Capital - WSJ
Just one request, if the administration does go down that road. Can we have more fresh ideas than what the science adviser’s shown in the global-warming metaphor department? “Twice in a half-hour interview, Holdren compared global warming to being ‘in a car with bad brakes driving toward a cliff in the fog.’”
Garrett and the death of reason | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog
In the past week alone I’ve talked to three federal frontbenchers (two Labor and one Liberal), one very prominent union leader and two well-known stars of the electronic media who are all global warming sceptics but do not dare say so publicly. I know of many more well-known Australians in the same boat. It is extraordinary that people should be so scared to say what they believe, especially when what they believe is confirmed in this case by clear scientific evidence - that world hasn’t warmed this century, contrary to predictions.

It says something damning about our media in particular, and of the decline of reason generally, that this should be so. I might also add that I’m sorry that more people in positions of influence do not have the courage to speak their minds on an issue of such immense importance - not just to the economy and people’s jobs, but to the defence of reason. It’s telling that those who do speak are often retired from positions in politics, academia or science, and in no need of funds, votes or preferment.

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