The ‘Goreacle’ appears for Inslee | Seattle

Former Vice President Al Gore is coming to the Paramount Theater for a Nov. 9 luncheon to raise money for Rep. Jay Inslee, a day after the big kickoff breakfast for Inslee’s GOP gubernatorial opponent Rob McKenna.
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Awards to the “Goreacle” have fueled the resentment against him. Gore was co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. A film featuring his lectures on global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth” won a best-documentary Oscar.
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Tickets to the Inslee luncheon on Nov. 9 start at a “silver” level of $125, rise to $250 for “gold” priority seating, with $1,000 sponsorship getting you into a pre-luncheon reception.

Save the planet! From the back seat of your taxi! | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

The Department of Climate Change hires more than 1000 public servants whose job is to force you to make sacrifices for the planet.

But as for themselves, even catching the bus outside is too much of an effort.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wind Design

I am curious why one would create a windfarm where the majority of the generators are right in the turbulence / wake of another windmill? Wouldn’t you want to stagger these?

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Green Cronyism

Megan McArdle looks into where all that green seed capital is going. It turns out it is going the same place most other government “investments” go — to large, well-connected companies who don’t actually need the money but will sure appreciate it come election time.