Ok, you Mitt backers, number one, there is no global warming, the world has been cooling for 10 of the last 15 years. Number two, carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, it is [...]]]>

Daily Caller–Senator Inhofe was cornered and questioned about the science of global warming and how he and his party can continue to be against legislation to “do something about [...]]]>

Daily Caller–Senator Inhofe was cornered and questioned about the science of global warming and how he and his party can continue to be against legislation to “do something about it.”

Hertsgaard apparently follows Inhofe around asking the same questions, and in the video provided, seems to have an entourage bigger than Sarah Palin. Using cliched sentence fragments like, “Every Scientific Organization,” and “Richard Lindtzen is an outlier,” and, “everybody in the world except the Republicans agree,” Hertsgaard shows he has no facts, he exaggerates monumentally, and he appeals to emotion. He is not convincing.

However, Inhofe mentions he wrote a book which will be coming out soon, I am going to look for it. All of the knowledge he has gained by being very attentive to this issue will be a great source.

Two young, emotional young girls who know absolutely nothing but are true believers in what the warmers tell them, appeal to Inhofe on an emotional level, one asked him “Why does my generation have to suffer because you aren’t liking what you are hearing?” That from the one who said she was from the Alliance for Climate Protection, which, like many groups are totally whacko liberal.

The other brainwashed kid said, “You say the science is mixed, are you willing to take that chance? Americans have to take leadership on this.” Willing to take that chance? Look outside, is the earth on fire? Use your head!

At the end, Hertsgaard says, “So, you are not going to apologize to my daughter?” Meaning if we don’t “do something about global warming” his kids will suffer, and Inhofe said, not unless you are going to apologize to my 20 kids and grandkids.

After making it very personal, Hertsgaard says, “It’s not personal.”

Like hell it ain’t. The Global Warming Fanatics would rather my children end up a tax slave than live free. The Fanatics are true believers of the religion of Global Warming.

Utilities double-counting ‘Renewable Energy Credits’

Okay, this story is going down a new road for me, I have heard of Renewable Energy Credits, (RECs) but like [...]]]>

Utilities double-counting ‘Renewable Energy Credits’

Okay, this story is going down a new road for me, I have heard of Renewable Energy Credits, (RECs) but like you, I don’t care about them. I’m just shocked about how fake all of the green energy is. With RECs, energy isn’t traded, pieces of paper that say you care about green energy are traded. What happens is, the EPA issues pieces of paper to wind power farms. Those farms sell the paper to power companies that do not have wind power as part of their energy plan, therefore they can meet the national quotas for “green energy” and save face with the EPA.

Wolverine Power of Michigan (the one suing the state over a denied air permit) bought some RECs from Huron Wind. Then DTE Energy bought the same RECs, so now there has been a double-counting of useless pieces of paper. The article’s title suggests that it is DTE and Wolverine Powers fault that the RECs (interestingly pronounced wrecks) were double counted. “This double-counting of RECs shows the vulnerabilities of relying on a commodities trading scheme instead of actually buying clean energy,” some ecology nut said. The nut went on, “”What we’re really asking is for the MPSC to do a public accounting..”

Excuse me, but if the wind power place had the RECs to distribute, and they were bought by one utility after being claimed by another, isn’t it the wind power place’s job to account for it? So we have paper from the EPA given to the wind place, and then sold to a utility, who can either also buy the energy, or not, just to prove they are green enough. When things that don’t exist get double counted, the eco nuts look to a governmental unit like the MPSC.

Green Hell Blog: CFL’s Burn Out In California?

Somebody call Upton! CFLs do not last 9 years, they last 6 years, and that screws with the so-called savings they said buying one would produce. Bring back the incandescent!!

Watts Up With That?: Quote of the Week–Carbon Traders Defraud The Fraud

Chicago stopped trading carbon credits and now Europe did, getting all ticked about people who are gaming the system.

Which brings me to my last offering, from the nutjobs at “friends of the earth,”

10 Ways to Game the Carbon Markets

Just a note, when reading anything from the FOE, read it in a high-pitched whine, slightly lower volume than a scream.

Keeping an eye on energy news we don’t hear much about. Below are links to articles and my take on them.

Picking up where we left off last week, the [...]]]>

Keeping an eye on energy news we don’t hear much about. Below are links to articles and my take on them.

Picking up where we left off last week, the final story on the round-up was about how China has been subsidizing wind and solar and coal, virtually their entire energy production roster, and how they are out-subsidizing us. This week NRO’s Greg Pollowitz goes further and shows that despite China’s energy subsidies, you cannot get past the fact that wind and solar do next to nothing in actual megawatts of energy production:

But despite this rapid progress, wind energy still only generates a tiny fraction of China’s electricity. Indeed, even with aggressive government backing and green energy mandates, such “new energy” — including wind, solar, nuclear power plants, and biomass — accounts for less than 3 percent of China’s electricity production, compared to more than 70 percent provided by coal..

This is evidence of why coal power cannot easily be replaced with wind and solar, but also by nuclear:

Just to supply one-quarter of its current energy mix from a resource that emits far fewer greenhouse gases — nuclear power — the U.S. would need to build 1,000 one-gigawatt nuclear reactors by 2050. Yet construction has begun on only two nuclear reactors in the U.S. since 1974. And just to power an electric car and truck fleet to replace the U.S.’s current gas and ethanol-fueled one would require 500 new nuclear power plants. There are currently 442 reactors in the entire world, of which the U.S. has 104 — the most of any nation.

The Green Movement is loud and whiny, but they are not working fast enough to beat what they see as the thing that will kill the planet. Because it cannot be beat, and it will not kill the planet. Coal is part of the planet.

One of the funnier posts on Anthony Watts’ blog, “Watts Up With That?” is the graph in “Alarming Trends” he posted from Bishop Hill’s blog. He added more words to the query to make a funnier and more pertinent example in his final graph. Just how the books that pertain to bullshit and global warming rise at the same time is interesting, no?

Keeping an eye on energy news we don’t hear much about. Below are links to articles and my take on them.

Yes, You Could Say I’m A Global Warming [...]]]>

Keeping an eye on energy news we don’t hear much about. Below are links to articles and my take on them.

Yes, You Could Say I’m A Global Warming Denier, but only if you communicate in negatives. There is not a pink elephant in my kitchen, but that doesn’t mean I’m denying it, it means there is not one there.
Watt’s Up With That? is a blog devoted to the Global Warming Myth, and is where I stole this graph, but also the latest argument killer of the “climate change movement.” Dr. Kevin Trenberth says that since the IPCC says global warming is “unequivocal,” that now we must prove that man has absolutely no effect on climate change. Willis Eschenbach explains.
WHAT GLOBAL WARMING?

What an absolute mess the British Police have made.
They sent a police officer, well actually, many police officers undercover to live amongst the hippies, I mean eco-terrorists. While he was undercover, Mark Kennedy slept with more than a few of the hippy women, even though he is married. The whole undercover police thing fell apart when the eco-marxists planned an attack on a coal plant. Kennedy came clean, (I actually don’t know if he showered or not,) told everything, and now, the police are in trouble for sending him undercover in the first place. Get this, the attorney for the eco-nutso’s is actually suggesting that Kennedy be held up for rape because the women did not know they were compromising themselves with a non-hippy. How does law and order become all jumbled up? Think this is all far-fetched? You are looking at America in 20 years if we don’t stop these environmental whackjobs.

If I told you that if we don’t do something about the climate and how it changes, in a thousand years, things may be different, what would your reaction be?

If we stopped emitting carbon dioxide now, which would bring us close to the 2010 scenario, it’s unlikely the ice sheet would collapse, Gillett said.

STOP EXHALING!

I found it comical to read these two articles back to back. One from Grand Rapids, and one from Ludington.
Pros, cons of wind energy get a closer look at local forum
Residents share wind turbine concerns
Nevertheless, those who don’t necessarily read these types of articles may not see the comedy. The pros and cons of wind energy are being juxtaposed against the cons of coal plants. And, the cons of the coal plants are given only by the wind pros, and they are wrong.
For instance, the wind pros say that their product causes observable “fatal collisions birds and bats have with turbines, counting carcasses and observing feathers flying,” and the other story confirms that by saying, “noise, blade throw, ice throw — if ice formed on the blades loosens and then is thrown from the blade — bats and birds.” All of that is quite unnerving. But, in order to prove that wind turbines are good, the wind pro said, “Acidification of soil and water changes habitats, and mercury is killing animals, she said….Climate change due to coal-driven power could eliminate entire ecosystems that took thousands of years to develop.” That is first of all, not true, and second of all, not a reason to get a wind turbine. Of course, by looking at the video on the Ludington site, you will see just how fun it would be to live by a wind turbine.

Evergreen Solar closing Massachusetts plant because of competition from ‘heavily subsidized solar manufacturers in China’
And lastly, this story is sad, and shows the inevitable end to all the wonderful green energy subsidization in America. Sometimes, we just have to realize that China will always out-subsidize us.

Keeping an eye on energy news we don’t hear much about. Below are links to articles and my take on them.

Down on Upton: Michigan Energy News Undercuts Rep’s [...]]]>

Keeping an eye on energy news we don’t hear much about. Below are links to articles and my take on them.

Down on Upton: Michigan Energy News Undercuts Rep’s Rap
Henderson is in charge of the Midwest Division of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and is upset that Upton has changed his tune on energy. Henderson believes his efforts with the NRDC are helping improve the planet. In my view, Henderson has a God complex, and nothing he is doing is helping our nation improve it’s economy, even though he says his way of fighting “climate change” is creating jobs. If Henderson was so interested in nature, he would have learned long ago that the earth heals on it’s own, and the world’s climate changes and there is nothing we can do about it. I see little reason for Fred Upton to hear him out on this, but I found it interesting that he tries to convince the reader that his point of view has merit after he says, “Whether you agree with the climate science or not, everyone can agree that eliminating the massive toll taken by air and water pollution that comes along with coal plants—as well as eliminating waste from our energy system—is unambiguously good.” With that sentence, he switches the focus from “climate change” to pollution. The new coal plants are very clean, and brand new technology fights pollutants. The fact is, the renewable energy he is talking about cannot produce the amount of energy that coal can, nor the amount of jobs. Henderson is a coal-industry hater, even though coal is part of nature.

U.S. does not have infrastructure to consume more ethanol
A study done by Purdue University says that unless something is done, ethanol production in America is an exercise in futility. There aren’t enough flex-fuel vehicles on the road, and the owners of many of these types of cars don’t know they can use that type of fuel, or won’t, or can’t find a pump. Wally Tyner used information from the EPA to come to the conclusion that the saturation point has been reached when it comes to ethanol. “Even if you could produce a whole bunch of E85, there is no way to distribute it,” Tyner said. “We would need to install about 2,000 pumps per year through 2022 to do it. You’re not going to go from 100 per year to 2,000 per year overnight. It’s just not going to happen.” Tyner goes on to say that ethanol would have to be cheaper than gasoline in order to be energy efficient.

Scientists: BP’s oil lingers, but bacteria ate natural gas
The title of the article is misleading. The story says they can’t find the oil, but the natural gas was eaten up by bacteria. All that really means is they can’t find the oil (but maybe it was eaten up too, but we can’t prove it.) Fair enough, but this story is something Henderson-with-the-God-complex should read. Isn’t nature wonderful? Or, as a friend of mine said, “”gee, bacteria eats cow farts. someone should inform the EPA.” If you don’t get the reference, read this, Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas Oh, the jokes are just careening through me brain.

To Complain About Limited Resources is Like a Trillionaire’s Child Complaining About Allowance; The Case for Optimism from the Ocean Floor
Mark Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the University of Michigan-Flint. You should read it, but Henderson-with-the-God-complex should read it too.

Mother Earth is abundant, she has natural cycles, she heals herself, and adapts to adversity. All of nature does this.

After being flogged by conservatives across the board on the banning of the incandescent light bulb, Congressman Fred Upton changes the subject.

He posted an article on Right Michigan, saying, in part, [...]]]>

After being flogged by conservatives across the board on the banning of the incandescent light bulb, Congressman Fred Upton changes the subject.

He posted an article on Right Michigan, saying, in part,

The American people are fed up and demand that we tackle government spending and the federal budget deficit immediately. The days of the administration printing more money as a solution to meet budget shortfalls are now over.

The American people, including many Michiganders are clearly fed up with the overreach of government as well. Banning the incandescent light bulb was just the sort of thing that flipped the switch in most people’s minds.

In his article, he admits that work on budgetary concerns are not the sole job of the Energy and Commerce Committee, he suggests a repeal of unspent stimulus dollars nationwide.

Good thing the $19 Million in stimulus that Whirlpool got has been spent.

The rest of his article is really masculine, using the words cut, cut, cut and chainsaw, which is really good. Where was all this “manning up” when the green lobby told him that the world would end if we don’t ban the incandescent light bulb, and force our society to have no choices in how they light their home?

Now, I agree with Congressman Upton that “sunshine is the best disinfectant.”

From RedState:

THIS IS THE MAN WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO BAN THE LIGHTBULB!!

Here is the rest of his sorry voting record:

BAILOUTS

* Voted YES for TARP
* Voted YES on the auto bailout
* Voted YES on Cash for Clunkers

SPENDING

* Voted NO on 7 of the last 9 RSC Budgets
* Voted YES on the Farm Bill
* Voted YES on the 2005 Highway Bill
* Voted NO to cap farm subsidies
* Voted YES four times to extend unemployment benefits
* Voted NO to end milk subsidies
* Voted NO to cut sugar subsidies
* Voted NO to cut NEA spending
* Voted NO to cut AMTRAK spending
* Voted YES to increase funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
* Got a 53% on the Club’s 2009 RePORK Card
* Got a 42% on the Club’s 2007 RePORK Card

TAXES

* Voted YES on Patriot Tax – a surtax on high income earners

REGULATIONS

* Voted YES for Sarbanes-Oxley
* Voted YES to increase the minimum wage
* Voted YES on energy bill with new CAFÉ standards and tax hikes
* Voted NO to waive Davis-Bacon
* Voted YES to criminalize “price-gouging”

POLITICAL FREE SPEECH

* Voted YES to force 527s to disclose their donors
* Voted YES on McCain-Feingold
* Voted YES on the 527 Reform Act

ENTITLEMENTS

* Voted YES for SCHIP

GOVERNMENT REFORM

* Voted NO to privatize postal service for 20 communities
* Voted 7 of 9 times to increase congressional pay

SCHOOL CHOICE

* Voted YES on No Child Left Behind

I call on Fred Upton to introduce legislation to repeal his ban on the incandescent light bulb. Then we can talk budgets and committees.

Yesterday’s Politico article:

“Our work on light bulbs wasn’t an arbitrary mandate,” he said. “We didn’t just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding [...]]]>

Yesterday’s Politico article:

“Our work on light bulbs wasn’t an arbitrary mandate,” he said. “We didn’t just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45059.html#ixzz15AsSPtxL

Congressman Fred Upton’s work with environmental groups is what needs to be highlighted in this article.

Global Warming theory is thoroughly debunked. It is not only not caused by human industry, it is not happening. Moreover, the Congressman is seeking the top spot on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the chair of such a committee must realize this.

Further, the fluorescent bulbs that are held in favor by extremist environmentalists contain mercury, one of the elements the green movement decries when killing coal plants. Their hypocrisy is stunning.

Thomas Edison’s work was the result of his life-long interest in science. Fred Upton’s consultation with the scientific agenda of the green movement, which is not science, but an ideology, must be pointed out.

The idea that he defended the ban by saying it wasn’t done by picking a percentage and time out of the air is not the point, the fact that it was done based on faulty information, and the lack of leadership on energy issues is.