Saturday, November 12, 2011

Cute Animal + Warming Climate = New Species (of News) - Warmist Bill Blakemore - ABC News

It takes a long time for anyone who is not a climate scientist to really accept it and mentally assemble all the hard new realities we are learning about.

For journalists, this means that each month, in effect, new waves of people show up saying, “OK, I guess it’s real. Now what was that again — what you reported five years ago?”

Solar energy schools: Nearly 100 Florida schools to get solar energy systems to teach kids, cut energy costs - Orlando Sentinel

The $10 million stimulus-funded project is sponsored by the Florida Solar Energy Center with the hope of creating jobs in the energy sector while firing up young children about renewable energy.

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Nearly 100 schools across the state, including 15 in Central Florida, were awarded $90,000 systems that are capable of powering a home for a month.

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The systems also will be used year-round to save schools an estimated $1,200 a year in electricity costs. Schools are already thrilled with the educational prospects.

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"It turned our company around because it got us some visibility and opportunity," said Mike Vergona, vice-president of Vergona-Bowersox Electric. His small family business won a $7 million contract to install the systems and was able to hire contractors and four full-time employees.

Analyst: bills rising due to overpriced renewables | CanadianBusiness.com

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dozens of renewable energy plants being built to meet California's tough global warming laws, including a major Spanish-owned solar plant in the Mojave Desert, are so overpriced they will increase consumers' energy bills for decades, according to the independent watchdog arm of the state's s utility regulator.

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