Ugh. I thought the debate was finally over. After two lackluster hurricane seasons where carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise and global temperatures continue to fall, a new study by a Florida State University researcher finds that warming seas created by climate change make tropical cyclones stronger. The article credits MIT’s Kerry Emanuel’s 2005 assertion of this same hypothesis but neglects to mention that Emanuel backed off his theory earlier this year. But I have two problems with this article: one, the Argos buoys found …

Husband-and-wife filmmakers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer are working on a film that explores the hysteria around global warming. Unfortunately they need about $4.5 million to make a full cinema release and have only managed to raise about $1 million, so they’ve started an online campaign a la Barack Obama, who raised money in this fashion for his successful election campaign for president. “The idea that CO2 causes climate change or causes global warming - let’s keep it clear - is not settled,” says McElhinney. “The idea of …

Earlier today, I made a post asking why Democrats wanted to bail out big auto, but there is apparently more to this story. It seems President-Elect The One wants to appoint a Car Czar to oversee the government bailout of the auto industry and bring them back to profitability. As I mentioned in my last post (linked above), there are some government restrictions to receive the bailout cash, most notably the to improve fuel efficiency.
Read More: michellemalkin.com

All American Blogger has some interesting analysis here on the Dems’ push to bail out Big Auto in the United States. Since these same Democrats are against offshore drilling, for cap-and-trade systems and love high energy prices, why would they want to help an industry that creates carbon-spewing automobiles? Aside from the article commentary at All American Blogger, I have two ideas, personally: one is to guarantee votes in subsequent elections from auto workers and the other is to place tighter government restrictions on how the industry …

Al Gore had an editorial piece printed in the New York times today.  It’s full of typical environmentalist talking points but only half of the truth is provided.  Follow along as I share my comments (in bold) under each of Gore’s paragraphs (in italics) so help break down the truth from the hyperbole.  While I’ll only excerpt parts of the opinion piece, the entire op-ed can be read by following the link at the bottom of this post.
[W]e…must make…an emergency rescue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly growing …

At a time when energy demand is skyrocketing and global warming activists in a real hurry to eliminate all fossil-fuel based initiatives in the United States, what will happen to us? Between 2002 and 2007, 30 gigawatts of coal plants were deferred or cancelled. 3.5 gigawatts of coal plants have been taken off the table in the first half of 2008 alone. With so-called clean tech not yet making up the difference, there’s a real possibility that citizens could face blackouts as demand exceeds supply. Environmentalists …

Global warming has suffered another great defeat as two propositions in California related to green initiatives were struck down by voters. Specifically, Proposition 7 would have required utilities to generate 40% of their power from renewable energy by 2020 and 50% by 2025. Proposition 10 would have created $5 billion in bond money to help consumers purchase vehicles with high fuel economy or that ran on alternative fuels. Both propositions were defeated handily in the state.
Read More: www.newsbusters.org

You take those lemons and make lemon batteries, of course!  A climate expert in Australia is proposing using lemons to make batteries and, in return, reduce carbon emissions by cutting back on fossil fuel use.  How how much land would we need to produce all of these lemons?  And how much water would that require?  Not to mention fertilizer.
Just to be clear, though, this is a spoof from my friend Simon over at the Australian Climate Madness Blog.  There may have been some confusion.
Read More: australianclimatemadness.blogspot.com

It seemed for a while that the global warming activists had the upper hand on us over the summer.  Even after foot riots broke out across the country as the price of consumables jumped significantly and shortages popped up around the globe, the pressure was still on from environmentalists everywhere to invest in green technologies.  The price of oil didn’t help matters at all; I’m sure climate change advocates across the globe were salivating as they watched the price of oil climb to $140+ per barrel.  It certainly seemed that, …

Tom Nelson has dug up an article from CBN News where a presidential advisor in the Philippines claimed that we’re only 42 years away from the global warming tipping point.  Whoa.  Not so fast there, partner.  The tipping point started in 1989 with a call by the U.N. to reverse global warming by the year 2000.  Al Gore recently said that we only have 10 years to get off fossil fuels and become dependent on clean and renewable energy.  Maybe all of these global warming activists should get into a …