Monday, September 03, 2012

Miranda Devine: Surprise surprise: wind farms do nothing for the environment (except cause noise pollution) | JunkScience.com
A two-year analysis of Victoria’s wind-farm developments by mechanical engineer Hamish Cumming shows that “despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from green energy schemes driven by the renewable energy target, Victoria’s wind-farm developments have saved virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions in the state”.
Lewandowsky data show more alarmists believe the moon landings were faked | Australian Climate Madness
So in fact, out of the sample of 10 that believe the moon landings were faked, a majority (60%) accept the consensus position on climate science.
Obama Fuel-Economy Rule Pushes Cars Consumers Don't Want - Investors.com
Even the tiny Smart car gets just 36 miles a gallon. And no hybrid on the market today meets Obama's mileage goal. Plus the rules will require every car, large and small, to dramatically improve its fuel economy.
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Worse, the standards resulted in tens of thousands of needless highway deaths, for the simple reason that those smaller, lighter cars were inherently less safe. The National Research Council put the CAFE-caused death toll at 2,600 lives in 1993 alone, and USA Today figured it totaled 46,000 people by 1999.
Slowly emerging from our green daze | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog
Victorian Labor’s insanely generous solar subsidies get cut back again to save taxpayers from wasting millions on a green gesture:

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