Forgotten Volkswagen Camper Van LIVES AGAIN.
h/t Mike W.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Hear my prayer. (h/t BLF)
Forward!
Next month, if all goes according to plan, the Environmental Protection Agency will launch the most serious assault on American business since the 1970’s. New regulatiosn governing the release of Carbon Dioxide will hit every corner of the economy, causing your electric bill to skyrocket (as promised by candidate Obama) and adding billions in costs to manufacturers and other businesses that generate CO2.
Gaslighting
You’re not crazy.
Those Moderate Muslims!
Islamic court says pregnant woman permitted to give birth before she is hanged.
If Women Ran The World
The science is settled: we are the weaker sex.
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
The Children Are Our Future
Climategate n+1
No, no, no. You have it all wrong. The climate models*, upon which much has been spent, were never meant to be accurate.
I have rated the potential impact in the field as high, but I have to emphasise that this would be a strongly negative impact, as it does not clarify anything but puts up the (false) claim of some big inconsistency, where no consistency was to be expected in the first place.
Except, of course, when used as a basis for public policy and taxpayer funding. Then they’re the Holy Writ.
The Sound Of Settled Science
Dear readers, I wanted to do something special for my hundredth post at this site. I picked out a great topic for discussion. I wrote a post with clever prose, jokes that’d make your stomach ache from laughter and even some insightful commentary. Unfortunately, I can’t post it because I’d get sued.
You see, I wanted to talk about the Cook et al data I recently came into possession of. I wanted to talk about the reaction by Cook et al to me having this data. I can’t though. The University of Queensland has threatened to sue me if I do.
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
On this night we celebrate a man who lied about Stalin and won the Pulitzer: The Second Annual Walter Duranty Prize
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
What’s driving or, more accurately now that updated figures are available, was driving the Dutch EV boom was incentives. A recent study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) revealed that Holland, along with Norway, is throwing money around like Justin Bieber at a Miami strip club. Taxes and registration fees are waived, electricity is subsidized as are the stations, and parking fees, seemingly an issue in overcrowded Europe, are often waived.
The totality of the incentives is staggering. According to the ICCT, Norwegian subsidies are worth up to 11,500 euros, equivalent to 55% of the cost of a new car. Holland’s numbers are even more generous: Depending on the exact propulsion system and the carbon emissions the government deems it may save (the Netherlands subsidizes plug-in hybrids more favourably than EVs, while Norway promotes pure, battery-powered electric vehicles), going electric in Holland could save you as much as 75% of the purchase price of a Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid.
…until it runs out.
As of Jan. 1, the government has reduced its corporate welfare program, and sales of anything that requires an electrical umbilical cord have plummeted. EV and PHEV sales in December were 9,309; in January they were 404. Sales of best-selling models were particularly hard hit; Mitsubishi’s hybrid Outlander dropped to 83 in January compared with 4,988 just the month before.
h/t Kevin B
Oh, Frack!
How pissed is @DavidSuzuki that Amazon.ca's #1 'Environmentalism' book is @CaseForFracking by @EzraLevant ? #cdnpoli
— Kathy Shaidle (@kshaidle) May 16, 2014
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Whoever thought that the target demo for music had to be 2-legged creatures known as humans might very well be wrong.
Your inspiring tips are welcome, as always, in the comments.
Oh, Shiny Pony!
The intellectual class have begun to notice – “the haughtiness of his father and the vanity of his mother…”
Trudeau has mused aloud, unwisely, with precious little forethought, about all manner of stuff, from pot laws to his professed admiration for China’s dictatorship. He is a political flibbertigibbet, his judgment a mile wide and a millimetre deep. Thus, Trudeau was stumped for an answer to the obvious followup question after stating that abortion opponents would be barred from seeking Liberal nominations — whether he’d allow Liberal MPs already in the fold to vote freely or absent themselves should an abortion bill come before the House of Commons.
Har.
I blame Global Warming
Last year, SaskEnergy secured 20 million gigajoules of natural gas supply, as well as 18 million gigajoules in storage. Increased demand from Saskatchewan homes and businesses due to the abnormally cold weather required an additional eight million gigajoules of gas to be purchased, enough to heat 100,000 more homes the entire winter. As a result, the corporation’s gas cost variance account (which represents the difference between the cost of natural gas purchased by SaskEnergy and the price it charges its customers) exceeded $20 million, which helped to trigger the rate application.
Wynneing!
It’s actually incredible that the contrast between thousands in waste and billions seems utterly lost on most Ontario voters. Albertans were furious over the wasteful treatment of thousands of dollars. People of Quebec forced an inquiry into the alleged corruption and kickbacks resulting from millions of dollars of government contracts, sitting mayors were actually arrested and charged. In Ontario however billions of dollars have been wasted or worse, cover-ups and mistruths have followed but there are no protests, no charges and to date no accountability.
h/t James M
“When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal”
Rogue employee: New documents obtained and released through a Judicial Watch lawsuit show the targeting of tea party and conservative groups came directly out of Washington D.C… (link fixed!)
h/t Melinda Romanoff
The Sound Of Settled Science
Study says gluten sensitivity is fake.