Saturday, March 27, 2010

OfficialWire: Thirty States To Observe Earth Hour
The states, up from eight last year, plan to darken governors' mansions and other buildings and monuments as part of Earth Hour, the World Wildlife Fund's call to action on climate change.

"It reflects the conviction of people around the world that climate change is real, and we need to do something about it," said Carter Roberts, head of the fund.
One hour crowded with messages › Environment Blog (ABC Environment)
Even Bourne himself seems confused when he describes switching off the lights as "a great first step". Sitting in the dark is hardly sustainable behaviour - what happens when you want to read a book? Or cook dinner? If it's such a great first step surely we should try to do it all the time. But of course, that's not feasible.

Sitting in the dark is not sustainable for more than a symbolic hour. And if anyone is going to understand the concept of sustainability it ought to be the green groups.

The fact that the chief of the WWF himself is mixed in his messages is proof that the Earth Hour message is well and truly scrambled. A global audience of over 50 million people have been led to believe they have to sit in the dark to be green.
Five Dumb Ways to Save the Planet From Climate Change - Asylum.com
Condoms as carbon offset
Preventing the birth of one child in Africa can offset the carbon footprint of a flight from London to Sydney, according to the U.K.'s Optimum Population Trust (OPT). OPT wants to provide contraception to those who want it in developing nations.

Still, developed nations produce the most carbon and these countries have access to contraception. Preventing the birth of an American child, for example, would have a much greater impact than preventing the birth of a child in sub-Saharan Africa, and we could take a lot more flights to Sydney.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Island – Caribbean Hockey « Musings from the Chiefio
Basically, things ought to rise fast then start to flatten. Instead we have a drop with a “pivot” right when the processing applied to the data changes.

Yeah, I’d call it “human caused”, but not warming…
EU Referendum: The US goes down the European road
US cap and trade is a glittering, trillion-dollar prize on which all the warmists' long-term plans rely. They are not going to give it up without a struggle.

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