Greenies totally lose control over Google hosting a lunch for Senator James Inhofe
Greenies totally lose control over Google hosting a lunch for Senator James Inhofe
http://newnostradamusofthenorth.blogspot.com/2013/07/greenies-totally-loose-control-over.html
Google’s decision to host a lunch for Senator James Inhofe has led to a total loss of control among latte liberals and greenies:But you’ll have to go elsewhere to hear about its support for Senator James Inhofe, described by a San Francisco Chronicle columnist as “the delusional or dishonest Oklahoma Republican” who has called global warming the “greatest hoax.”The “Green” giant is helping to raise lots of green for his re-election by hosting a lunch at its Washington office on July 11, costing as much as $2,500 per plate. Google has a large data center in Oklahoma, the senator’s home state.James Temple, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, called it a “shameful act of corporate hypocrisy.”He pointed out that the senator has tried McCarthy-like tactics in accusations against 17 top climate scientists of violating the Federal False Statements Act, which could result in five years in prison over their global warming claims.Mr Temple wrote,”This is the type of person whom reasonable, thoughtful people — people who supposedly cherish science, data, and reason — call out as dangerous and unfit for public office.”Vice’s Brian Merchant, writing on Motherboard, pointed out that Google was the largest donor to the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s recent fundraising dinner, writing a check of $50,000 to the anti-science conservative think tank.Forecast the Facts is collecting signatures for a petition asking CEO Larry Page to cancel the lunch.Hopefully somebody now organizes a collection of signatures asking the Google CEO to double the funding for the lunch!…
Some Kind of Narcissism: WWF Says It’s Saving Life Itself
Some Kind of Narcissism: WWF Says It’s Saving Life Itself
http://nofrakkingconsensus.blogspot.com/2013/07/some-kind-of-narcissism-wwf-says-its.html
When the World Wildlife Fund began, it aspired merely to ensure the well-being of particular species of animals. It now imagines that life itself would vanish without it.Read the rest here. This blog has relocated. You can sign up to receive an e-mail each time a new post is added under the “Email subscription” bar a little below the photo.NoFrakkingConsensus has a Facebook page.…
Zero Emissions Foolishness
Zero Emissions Foolishness
http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com/2013/07/zero-emissions-foolishness.html
“Carbon Sense” Common sense on carbon, food, energy and climate. www.carbon-sense.comWe are in a battle for public opinion.If every recipient sends this email to five more, we will play our part in changing public opinion. Zero Emissions Foolishnessby Viv Forbes a pdf print-ready copy of this newsletter with all illustrations in place can be downloaded from:http://carbon-sense.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/zero-emissions.pdfThe Australian Climate Commission says Australia needs to reduce emissions “to nearly zero by 2050”.Such a reduction can only be achieved if the Climate Commission has a secret plan to use nuclear power or for a massive expansion of hydro power.If they do not have such a plan, their “nearly zero” emissions target would force the shut down of most of the energy, transport and industrial infrastructure developed since James Watt invented the steam engine.Imagine Australia with “zero emissions” – which means zero production of carbon dioxide from human activities and industries.This would mean zero usage of coal, oil, petrol, diesel or gas, zero production of cement or steel and the shut-down of 92% of Australia’s electricity generators.Sunbeams and sea breezes cannot supply 24/7 electricity – the only feasible non-carbon options for Australian grid power are nuclear or hydro. Has the Climate Commission joined the nuclear power lobby? Or do they have a secret plan for big hydro developments on the Snowy, the Franklin and the Tully-Millstream?And how do we keep our diesel-fuelled transport fleet operating? Using big, big batteries and even more nuclear or hydro power to recharge them at every roadhouse in the outback? (But once they eliminate our grazing animals and their emissions, we will not need road trains.)And how do we keep planes operating? Are they suggesting that we divert most of our sugar production to producing power alcohol? For cement and steel we could of course try to catch and bury every molecule of carbon dioxide produced, but in reality the costs involved in such stupidity would force closure of these industries, and cement and steel would be imported from more sensible nations.Some zealots would even like to see the end of our vast herds of cattle, sheep and goats, replacing them with kangaroos.Unless the Climate Commission can show us a realistic plan for “zero emissions”, with cost benefit analyses, we know it is just more hot emissions from academic zealots.They must put up, or shut up.For those who can’t believe the Climate commission said …
Can we really take the ocean’s temperature?
Can we really take the ocean’s temperature?
http://junkscience.com/2013/07/10/can-we-really-take-the-oceans-temperature
Bob Carter and John Spooner write: The relative densities of air and water mean that the total mass of the atmosphere is equivalent to that of only the top 10 metres of the ocean. Correspondingly, the heat contained in the atmosphere is equivalent to that contained in only the top 3.2 metres of the ocean. […]…