Thursday, July 08, 2010

What it is is: Carbon emissions by local authority
Another thing that makes me chuckle is that these figures are released with a straight face. I suppose in some respects they totalled up their power and fuel consumption bills and so on, but at some point in the exercise there simply has to be a figure tossed in that is simply plucked from thin air.

There are lies, damned lies and then there are statistics, and after statistics there are climate change statistics I suppose.
Angle Threatens To Sue Democrats Over Re-Published Website | AHN
Angle has also scrubbed from her new website previous campaign statements on the United Nations that said, "The U.N. continually threatens U.S. sovereignty, with endless rhetoric and treaties and it has now become the 'umpire' on fraudulent science, such as global warming."
The Climate Bill Endgame | David Goldstein's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC
The idea that a carbon cap, which results in polluters paying for the right to emit greenhouse gases, is a tax is ridiculous.
Flashback - YouTube - Democrat Dingell: Cap-and-trade a tax, and a great big one

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