A Rational Look at Climate Change Concerns & the Implications for U.S. Power Companies Print E-mail
Thursday, 02 July 2009
There is, perhaps, no subject that currently stands greater in importance—not to mention confusion, hype and hysteria—than the topic of climate change (formerly referred to as global warming). Regardless of man’s influence on the climate, policies under active debate and consideration could entirely change the way that we produce, and consume, energy to fuel our economy and lifestyle. This issue spans the globe, impacting both developed and developing countries. Whether the planet is in peril, or whether the risk is an artifice, potential climate change legislation will come with inescapable consequences, both intended and unintended; yet, the climate benefits may be negligible.
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The Economic Impact of the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Bill Print E-mail
Monday, 29 June 2009
It is clear that cap-and-trade is very expensive and amounts to nothing more than an energy tax in disguise. After all, when you sweep aside all the complexities of how cap and trade operates--and make no mistake, this is the most convoluted attempt at economic central planning this nation has ever attempted--the bottom line is that cap and trade works by raising the cost of energy high enough so that individuals and businesses are forced to use less of it. Inflicting economic pain is what this is all about. That is how the ever-tightening emissions targets will be met.
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Al Gore's Propaganda Print E-mail
Monday, 29 June 2009

Mr. Gore’s tactics have been a little more subtle, and reminiscent of propaganda methods which have proved to be effective throughout history at influencing public opinion. Oneextreme views of any climate researcher when it comes to predicting a global warming induced Armageddon.

Listed below are ten propaganda techniques I have excerpted from Wikipedia. Beneath each are one or more examples of Mr. Gore’s rhetoric as he has attempted to goad the rest of us into reducing our CO2 emissions. Except where indicated, most quotes are from his testimony before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, March 21, 2007.

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The SPPI Collection of Monckton Papers to Date Print E-mail
Monday, 29 June 2009
The collection of Lord Monckton's papers, from Commentaries and Essays to Originals and more, this is the most complete list of Lord Monckton's work featured here on SPPI.
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Negligible Climate Effect of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Negligible Climate Effect of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Waxman-Markey Climate Bill) A PowerPoint Presentation
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The Wong-Fielding Meeting on Global Warming Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Senator Fielding holds a crucial vote on the proposed Emissions Trading Legislation. Fielding and four independent scientists faced the Minister for the Climate Change and Water, Penny Wong , The Chief Scientist, Penny Sackett, and Professor Will Steffan, director of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University. Read what happened from someone who was there.
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Not Too Late to Kill "Cap-And-Tax-Bill" Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Perhaps the most destructive legislation in our country's history will, as soon as this week, be voted on in the House of Representatives: the Waxman-Markey tax bill in the guise of addressing climate change.
 
It will have adverse and lingering consequences for every American. It will raise the cost of electricity in our homes, the fuel for our cars and the energy that produces our manufacturing jobs, with little or no environmental benefit.
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I'm Coming Out Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 June 2009
For years now, I have been afraid to talk about my burden in public. I've lived in constant fear that around every corner one of Al Gore's hooded cronies would be there to beat me with the tire iron of environmentalism. But in the shadow of an 18-percent budget cut and unparalleled corruption within the University, I think I can actually fly under the radar and sneak my self-righteous beliefs past you. And so the time has come, today I'm going to do it. I feel safe enough to come out of the closet and declare that I don't believe in the Global Warming fraud.
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Climate Change Regime is Immoral Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 June 2009
To inflict intense pain for no environmental gain is immoral. To ram such legislation through with backroom deals and no substantive debate – and unleash bureaucrats to control our energy use and lives – is dictatorial and un-American. When The People finally catch on, it won’t be a pretty sight.
 
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‘Global Warming’ is No Global Crisis, Major Talking Points Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Talking points to the issue that “Global Warming” is no global crisis.
 
 
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Global Warming Sideshow: Why Environmentalist Scare Tactics May Render Climate Research Irrelevent Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 June 2009
As the scientific community debates the probable impact of human industry on the Earth’s climate, many in the environmental lobby, determined to dominate the political debate, wage an effective public relations campaign in the public arena. Believing fervently in their version of the facts, they cleverly tailor their rhetoric to have the strongest possible impact on the political process, without regard for the ongoing scientific debate. It is quite ironic that, while those who argue that we face a “climate crisis” like to think of themselves as the advocates for science and reason, their tactics and rhetoric are often reminiscent of a sideshow, relying on hype and fear to capture the public’s imagination.
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Twisted Science, Crooked Policy Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 June 2009
The White House weather forecast is not the last word on climate: it marks the last stand of the ‘global warming’ profiteers, and the last gasp of the scientific-technological elite.
 
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MIT's Unscientific Catatrosphic Climate Forecast: MIT Modellers Violated 49 Forecasting Principles Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 June 2009
When we drive on a long bridge over a river or fly in a passenger aircraft, we expect the bridge and the plane to have been designed and built in ways that are consistent with proven scientific principles. Should we expect similar standards to apply to forecasts that are intended to help policymakers make important decisions that will affect people’s jobs and even their lives? Of course we should. Such standards exist. But are they being followed?


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Air Con, The Seriously Inconvenient Truth About Global Warming Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 June 2009

Chapter Sixteen: The Real Agenda

So if the climate science is wrong, what's the real motivation here? Why are so many people prepared to spend so much money convincing the public there's a secular Armageddon awaiting them?

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Questions on EPA's Cost Estimates for Waxman-Markey Climate Change Legislation Print E-mail
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) analysis of the economic impact of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill relies on a variety of assumptions. These assumptions strongly bias the cost downward when compared to the results of studies done by the Center for Data Analysis (CDA) at The Heritage Foundation and by CRA International for the National Black Chamber of Commerce.
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SPPI Monthly CO2 Report: May Print E-mail
Monday, 08 June 2009
Analysis for today's policy makers.
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SPPI Report: Monckton Answers Rush Limbaugh on Global Warming Print E-mail
Monday, 08 June 2009
SPPI Report: Monckton Answers Rush Limbaugh on Global Warming

Secretary Chu’s madcap scheme to paint roads and rooftops white would cost $17 trillion this century, and would cut global temperature by just 0.2 Fahrenheit.

At the open request of Rush Limbaugh, the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley has calculated that Energy Secretary Chu’s modest proposal to paint all the world’s roads and rooftops white would cost $17 trillion this century, and would cut global temperature by just 0.2 Fahrenheit degrees, reports the Science and Public Policy Institute (SPPI)– a Washington, D.C. research organization.
  
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"Global Warming," Painting Your Roof White, and the Chattanooga Chu-Chu Print E-mail
Monday, 08 June 2009

Steven Chu, entertainingly described as an “Energy Secretary”, says we can Save the Planet from “global warming” by painting our rooftops and roads white. He says making roofs and roads paler would have the same effect as taking every automobile in the world off the road for 11 years.

Rush Limbaugh, entertainingly as always, but pointedly, asks –

 “Now, would somebody explain to me how he knows this? … If we can do something that will effectively remove the carbon emissions of every car on the road for 11 years, then why are we doing anything else?  Why are we doing cap and trade?  Why are we getting rid of SUVs?  How much paint is this going to take, by the way? How much of a footprint does paint manufacturing leave?  … I need a scientist to answer this for me. I understand how clouds at altitude can help reflect the heat, but I want to know … where does that reflected heat go? … Are we being told here that reflected heat is not damaging at all, but direct heat is? It seems to me that, if we had ‘global warming’, wouldn’t we want dark roofs to absorb the heat?”

Christopher Monckton replies.

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Freeman Dyson Takes on the Climate Establishment Print E-mail
Saturday, 06 June 2009
Princeton physicist Freeman Dyson has been roundly criticized for insisting global warming is not an urgent problem, with many climate scientists dismissing him as woefully ill-informed. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Dyson explains his iconoclastic views and why he believes they have stirred such controversy.
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Global Warming Brings More Tornadoes and also Less Tornadoes Print E-mail
Friday, 05 June 2009
Last year was an active tornado season, the most active this decade. When all was said and done, the calendar year delivered 1691 tornados, with tornados in all but 3 of the lower 48 states.
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