Archive for the ‘Global Warming’ Category

forget global warming

Posted in Global Warming on January 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Recently, a report in the Daily Mail called into question the widespread view that global warming is caused by CO2 emissions:

Forget global warming – it’s Cycle 25 we need to worry about

The responsible thing to do would be to accept the fact that the models may have severe shortcomings when it comes to the influence of the sun.

The Wall Street Journal also published an article arguing in the same way. It was signed by sixteen leading scientists:

No Need to Panic About Global Warming

In fact, a large and growing number of distinguished scientists and engineers do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are needed.

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solar subsidies

Posted in Global Warming, Goldwater Institute, Politics on January 14, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Interesting observation by Clint Bolick from the Goldwater Institute:

Ending the Solar Subsidy Fiasco

It’s not every day that the New York Times makes a compelling case against government giveaways.

If the New York Times gets it, shouldn’t sensible, self-styled conservative elected officials?

Reminded me of Jon Stewards fabulous comment on industrial policy a few months ago:

Daily Show – Solyndra

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industrial policy

Posted in Daily Show, Global Warming, Obama, Politics on September 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Jon Stewart with a hilarious comment on President Obama and the Solyndra disaster:

Daily Show – Solyndra

Welcome to that custom-tailored Obama scandal you ordered!

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watermelons

Posted in Books, Economics, Global Warming, John Stossel, Politics on July 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »

British author James Delingpole uses watermelons as a metaphor for the new green movement. In his book “Watermelons: The Green Movement’s True Colors”, he delves into the background of the organizations and individuals who have sought to push global warming to the top of the political agenda, showing that beneath their cloak of green lurks a heart of red.

As a preview, you can watch him discussing with John Stossel:

Green on the outside, red on the inside.

My favorite comment on Amazon was written by Trendyphobe:

Prior to reading Mr. Delingpole’s new book, I believed that the anthropogenic climate change industry was a multi-billion dollar scam. Watermelons proved me wrong. It’s a multi-trillion dollar scam.

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