Category Archives: Environment

Polls Now Determine Science

Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable A Washington pollster says the majority of U.S. residents are connecting intense weather events like Hurricane Katrina and heat waves to global warming. They can connect them all they want, all 1,018 people surveyed, but that doesn't make it true. Hey, maybe Man is causing Global Warming (which I doubt). But, we […]

Hey, Al, How’s Your Environment?

I heard about this on the radio, but I did not know where the story came from. Fortunately, Carol at The Median Sib did (from the UselessA Today) Al Gore has spoken: The world must embrace a "carbon-neutral lifestyle." To do otherwise, he says, will result in a cataclysmic catastrophe. "Humanity is sitting on a […]

Hurricanes And Global Warming: Not So Fast

I thought that ALL scientists agreed that Global Warming As Caused By Man was responsible for hurricane strength and amount (from The Washington Post) A year after Hurricane Katrina and other major storms battered the U.S. coast, the question of whether hurricanes are becoming more destructive because of global warming has become perhaps the most […]

The Governator Goes Green

All in all, I respect Ahhhnold for being environmentally responsible and respective. However, Ahhhnold, along with the California legislature, is making a play that could destroy, or at least seriously diminish, California's economy California is forging ahead with the most aggressive U.S. program to reduce global warming — a plan that pits Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger […]

Beer Monday Linkfest: Really Hot. Not Global Warming

How to stay cool in this heat [gv data=”http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-3016740906169073770″][/gv] Before the global warming caused solely by Man conspiracy nuts get started, the current heat wave is nothing new. During the Battle of Monmouth, June 28,1778, the day was almost, if not higher, then 100 degrees. Almost as many, if not more, men lost their lives […]

Hurricane Evac Orders? Bah Humbug

Apparently, last years hurricane season, one of the most active ever, including Katrina and Rita (I sitll like Ophelia), has not changed peoples minds One in four people in Southern coastal states said they would ignore government hurricane evacuation orders, according to a Harvard University survey done earlier this month. The most common reasons respondents […]

Not All Agree With Global Warming

When one talks of global warming or climate change, it has to be in reverent tones, screamed loudy, and include that it is all Man's fault. Or so the proponents of the Man caused global warming tell us. They also tell us that all scientists agree. But, do they? "At the end of the day, […]

Use Nuclear Power To Fight Global Warming

Via Al Reuters: Britain must build new nuclear power plants, generate more electricity from wind and waves and curb domestic demand to fight global warming as well as keeping the lights burning, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman. "Wishful thinking will not keep the lights on," he told reporters on Tuesday. "Nuclear is not the only […]

Climate Change Good For Farming

Or is it? The folks in "the glass is completely empty" crowd tell us that this is bad Climate change provides many new opportunities for British farmers, like tea and energy crops, but also poses challenges including the threat of new insects and diseases, a British government minister said. Got that? New crops, but there […]

A Inconvenient Bending Unit

All hail the future leaders of the Earth (hat tip Amy Ridenour) [gv data=”5BjrOi4vF24″][/gv]

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