“Government can efficiently affect energy usage through fuel taxes and basic research. When it intervenes on behalf of specific technologies and specific companies, however, bad things happen — resource misallocation, windfall-seeking, even, sometimes, corruption. The Fisker debacle proves once again that, in the immortal words of former White House economist Larry Summers, ‘government is a crappy VC’.” Continue reading WaPo Columnist: Government’s bad bet on Fisker
Category: Climate & Energy
Bloomberg News Editorial: Approve Keystone XL Now; ‘Doesn’t pose a disqualifying threat to the environment’
“Rather than encourage more study, President Barack Obama should now prod the State Department to move as fast as possible to approve the pipeline and get this overblown and needlessly divisive controversy off the nation’s agenda.” Continue reading Bloomberg News Editorial: Approve Keystone XL Now; ‘Doesn’t pose a disqualifying threat to the environment’
House GOP proposes to micromanage National Science Foundation grants
But the solution to government-funded junk science is not micromanagement; it’s ending the funding. Continue reading House GOP proposes to micromanage National Science Foundation grants
Booker: The mercury is falling, but our MPs are full of hot air
“Weren’t we told that, thanks to all that carbon dioxide we are pumping into the air, the world was faced with global warming; that, according to the computer models, temperatures were due to rise by at least 0.3C every decade; and that snowfall in Britain was ‘a thing of the past’?” Continue reading Booker: The mercury is falling, but our MPs are full of hot air
Democrat resolution says global warming could push women into prostituton
“Several House Democrats are calling on Congress to recognize that climate change is hurting women more than men, and could even drive poor women to ‘transactional sex’ for survival.” Continue reading Democrat resolution says global warming could push women into prostituton
Pa. environment agency debunks anti-fracking water pollution claim
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Monday announced that, after a 16-month investigation, there’s no evidence to connect natural gas drilling with high levels of methane found in private water supplies in the small town of Franklin Forks. Continue reading Pa. environment agency debunks anti-fracking water pollution claim
Hypothesis: Global warming could make drinking water unsafe
Why not just chlorinate? Problem (if there is one) solved. Continue reading Hypothesis: Global warming could make drinking water unsafe
USA Today: Carbon dioxide now at highest level in 5 million years
And still no warming in last 17 years! Continue reading USA Today: Carbon dioxide now at highest level in 5 million years
Two more anti-Keystone XL activists arrested for chaining themselves to heavy equipment
Chained to equipment at 6:15am. Chained by police at 9:15am. Continue reading Two more anti-Keystone XL activists arrested for chaining themselves to heavy equipment
UN Climate Chief: Imminent crossing of 400 ppm CO2 level calls for ‘heightened sense of urgency’
Warmists call criticism of Hansen ‘inept’
But Hansen is the one who’s been forced to concede error. Continue reading Warmists call criticism of Hansen ‘inept’
Global warming a boon for British champagne
Pardon, messieurs… “sparkling wine.” Continue reading Global warming a boon for British champagne