The Uses and Abuses of a Nobel Prize « NoFrakkingConsensus

This news story illustrates perfectly how the IPCC’s Nobel gets used and abused in discussions about climate. When a journalist tells us someone has won a Nobel they’re implying they’re a genius. And if a genius thinks climate change will result in deadly consequences for global food production well then, we’d better sit up and take note.

Thus, the Nobel has been reduced to just another way of bamboozling the public about climate change.

AAAS withdraws “impossible” global warming paper | Watts Up With That?

Complaints over “impossible conclusions” cited as the reason.

CFLs burn out in California? « Green Hell Blog

California utility PG&E Corp. has just learned something about CFLs — they don’t work as well as touted. According to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal, PG&E’s $92 million rebate program for CFL usage during 2006-2008 saved 73% less energy than originally projected by PG&E: