Hopelessly lost in the North-East Passage - Christopher Booker - Telegraph

It turned out that the German shipowner was a rabid warmist. His ships needed the services of a Russian icebreaker and there is no way such a route could be used by any ships larger than 20,000 tons because they need to be of shallow draught and strengthened against ice. In other words, this warmist publicity stunt was no more than a silly-season fable.

It did aptly coincide, however, with the moment when the Arctic ice began its annual re-freeze last week – earlier than usual. At the end of this summer's melt, the ice area was 25 per cent greater than its record low in September 2007.

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Update: The study linked above shows the government paying over $400 per ton of Co2 reduced in the Clunkers program. The 20x factor cited was based on an estimated clearing price of a tone of Co2 in a future cap and trade system. This is hypothetical, as currently a ton of Co2 offsets trades right now in the US at 20 cents. At this price, the program overpaid by a factor of 2000. To be fair, this reflects both estimated pricing as well as a discount for the likelihood of a cap and trade bill passing.

In Their Own Words: Alliance for Climate [Fraud Promotion] : TreeHugger

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