Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Senator Wants Gore Stripped of Nobel Prize - Neil Cavuto - transcript - Your World - FOXNews.com
[Inhofe] we’re destroying the economy of the nation based on science that’s bad.
Siding with skeptics, Tory MP decries climate-change 'alarmism' - The Globe and Mail
Canada's ex-foreign affairs minister has come out swinging on behalf of climate-change skeptics and assailed what he describes as alarmism over global warming.

Maxime Bernier took a public stand today against the conventional wisdom on global warming, writing a letter to La Presse newspaper saying there is no scientific consensus on the matter.

The prominent Conservative MP says the issue has been taken over by alarmism - and he applauds Stephen Harper's government for taking a go-slow approach.

"The debate over climate change, stifled for years by political correctness, has finally broken out in the media," Mr. Bernier writes.
Tesla Roadster Sport: [How many of us would pay $150k for an unreliable, range-limited, possibly coal-powered car that may take almost two days to "refill"?]
Oh, and if you're without a 220-volt outlet, Tesla supplies a normal 110-volt cable that works on any standard three-prong outlet. However, despite what simple math might indicate (half of 220 means a 12-hour charge?), the 110-volt cable can only transfer five miles for each hour of charging time. Translation: Over 40 hours to top off on a normal wall outlet. Disconcerting, but hardly a dealbreaker for Teslaphiles.
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And then I notice an amber light on the dash. "Fault." Followed by the "Power Reduced" indicator.

The power gauge on the right won't swing passed 100 kW as I pull off at the next turnout to give it rest. After scribbling a few thoughts in my notebook and restarting the Roadster, all is back to normal – for another five miles. The same combination of "Fault" and "Power Reduced" appears on the dash and repeats two more times before I finally pull into the lot that marks the end of my run
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Tack on the Sport package and you're looking at an additional $19,500 on top of the $109,000 base price. Add the carbon fiber exterior bits (totaling $14,000?!), premium paint, electronics package and Executive interior and the as-tested price swells to $155,850.

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