Yesterday, dramatic new targets to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least one-fifth from today’s levels in just over a decade were proposed by the government’s Climate Change Committee.
Why is the UK continuing with its self-flagellation over energy policy? Do the government not realise there is a recession, and people are going to [...]
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UK Energy policy, a rush to self destruction?
Posted in Climate change, Economics & Finance, Political correctness, Politics on December 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
WWF misleading propaganda
Posted in Climate change, Life, tagged IPCC, propaganda, sea level, WWF on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the Times newspaper on 20th October, there was a full page advert placed by the WWF organisation.
The advert starts, Dear Mr Miliband, Which direction will you choose? At the top of the advertisement is a large graphic of a directional road sign which says:
7 metre sea level rise.
The overall subject matter is climate change and [...]
A little light please.
Posted in Climate change, Political correctness on October 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In 2009 the European Commission are intent on framing a directive to phase out the sale by 2012, of the traditional incandescent tungsten filament light bulbs. The sort of bulbs that have been around since Thomas Alva Eddison invented them 130 years ago.
In typical fashion, and wanting to display their eco credentials, the UK government [...]
IPCC – Premature conclusions
Posted in Climate change, tagged CO2, global warming on September 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m getting a little sick and tired of politicians jumping on the global warming bandwagon, and claiming it’s all due to our burning of CO2. In the UK it’s being used to inflict ever more taxes, fines and laws on us.
When no one can forecast the weather more than five days hence with any [...]
“Oh yes it is”, “oh no it isn’t”.
Posted in Climate change, tagged global warming, water on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Since the late 1960s, much of the North Atlantic Ocean has become less salty, in part due to increases in fresh water runoff induced by global warming, scientists say.
–Michael Schirber, LiveScience, 29 June 2005
The surface waters of the North Atlantic are getting saltier, suggests a new study of records spanning [...]
Journalists and liberals compared.
Posted in Climate change on September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What’s up with journalists in the mainstream media? In most cases, they tend to be unconditional supporters of free expression and strive to report on controversial views. However, reporting on issues relating to global warming has become strikingly one-sided.
–Christopher Lingle, Japan Times, 27 August 2007
Whatever happened to liberals? One thing I [...]
