Category Archives: Environment

Politicizing Sandy

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Gaius

Bloomberg and Cuomo are saying that Sandy was caused by global warming. So was NPR yesterday and the people they interviewed. The problem is that this isn’t true. ‘Anyone who says there’s not a dramatic change in weather patterns, I … Continue reading →

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The Downside of Twitter?

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Gaius

If true, this sucks. Gangs are supposedly planning hurricane looting sprees via Twitter. Scores of Twitter users have flooded the social networking site announcing their plans to go on looting sprees once Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, as the New York … Continue reading →

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Green FAIL!

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Gaius

Electric cars are a very bad way to achieve ‘green’ outcomes: Making batteries for electric cars is a dirty process, and if the electric cars are run off a grid which is primarily powered by coal, as it is in … Continue reading →

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Hungry? Blame the Ethanol Lobby

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Gaius

The threat of global hunger is increasing daily as the ethanol lobby cheerfully predicts no shortage of food derived ethanol. Corn is also a key ingredient in the combine of political power and corporate welfare that is U.S. alternative energy … Continue reading →

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Think It’s Cold Now?

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Gaius

Joe Bastardi at Accuweather is worried about the next two – potentially much colder – winters. The current La Niña, which kicked in this past summer, is unprecedented after becoming the strongest on record in December 2010. Bastardi thinks this … Continue reading →

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The Groundhog’s Day Blizzard

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Gaius

Yeah, it hit a day early, but that’s the new media meme on it, apparently. Chicago is getting hammered, Detroit is also in the path. But the path stretches all the way down to Texas and is set to target … Continue reading →

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The Great White North Midwest

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Gaius

ABC News is reporting it as an “Enormous storm packing a punch forecasters say hasn’t been seen in years.”  We are already under the beast and have had icing all day with up to six inches of snow tonight and … Continue reading →

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Happy Groundhog Day

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Gaius

Oh, joy. A major – really major – blizzard appears to be setting up for a huge section of the United States: A Groundhog Day Blizzard can shut down the Chicago area under feet of snow fueled by a bone-chilling … Continue reading →

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Dirty Dishes

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Oh, this is just lovely: They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. Dishwashing detergents, that is. Really. Thanks to environmental protection laws passed in 16 states, dish detergent manufacturers have been forced to remove powerful cleansing agents called … Continue reading →

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Bone Chilling Cold

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Gaius

This is potentially the coldest winter the US has seen since the 1980s. The media will assure us that this is the warmest winter, ever, however. The warmists are never bothered by facts. Tweet

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The Wind Cries Mary Money

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Gaius

The basic fraud of wind power: A typical commercial turbine needs a wind speed of between 6-10mph to start operating – and automatically stops when the wind is more than around 55mph, to protect its mechanisms. Even when the wind … Continue reading →

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Flash!

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Gaius

Ships and passengers frozen in ice near Sweden: Thirty to 40 ships — including several passenger ships — were stuck Thursday in ice off the coast of Sweden, said a spokesman for the Maritime Search and Rescue Center in Gothenburg, … Continue reading →

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There He Goes Again

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Gaius

Al Gore makes another materially false statement: Gore says, “The heavy snowfalls this month have been used as fodder for ridicule by those who argue that global warming is a myth, yet scientists have long pointed out that warmer global … Continue reading →

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“No Global Warming Since 1995″

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Gaius

So says Dr. Phil Jones, the scientist at the center of the leaked emails form the Climate Research Unit. Despite admitting that, Dr. Jones continues to insist that global warming is happening and is man made. But he also admits … Continue reading →

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Ice Work If You Can Get It

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Gaius

Mark Steyn on the collapsing bandwagon of global warming: But where did all these experts get the data from? Well, NASA’s assertion that Himalayan glaciers “may disappear altogether” by 2030 rests on one footnote, citing the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report … Continue reading →

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