Big Green helps Big Wind hide bird and bat butchery
By Guest Column Monday, May 20, 2013
It uses tons of fossil fuels every day, emits a greenhouse gas that’s like CO2 on steroids, can’t do the job it’s made for, costs taxpayers exorbitant fees, and makes the federal government look mentally ill for giving it outrageous subsidies. It also chops up birds, bats and scenery with roads and monstrous 400-foot-tall machines. “It” is wind power, of course.
A Bee in Their BonnetBy Paul Driessen Sunday, May 19, 2013
Chemophobic anti-pesticide groups are at it again. This time they’re attacking a widely used and safe new insecticide, but their assertions and real agendas are nothing new.
The Green Enemies of Humanity, Science and the TruthBy Alan Caruba Sunday, May 19, 2013
Among the greatest liars on Earth today is the international organization called Friends of the Earth (FOE). It has engaged in the most scurrilous fear-mongering for decades, along with Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, and the World Wildlife Fund, while all the time they pulled in billions in funding.
California: Energy Death ValleyBy Institute for Energy Research Thursday, May 16, 2013
California is rich in both conventional and renewable energy resources. It is the country’s most populous state and has the second largest energy consumption in the nation, second only to Texas. California has large energy resources, but also one of the lowest per capita energy consumption rates in the country. The state is frequently hailed as a leader on energy policy and California’s policies are leading to higher energy prices.
Europe’s Green Policy Crisis Deepens
By Guest Column Thursday, May 16, 2013
For a growing number of Europeans, their continent’s global warming policies have forced them to decide whether to heat their homes or buy food. In short they must choose whether to “Heat or Eat,” which was the title of a talk by a British climate policy expert delivered in Calgary Tuesday. Benny Peiser, director of the non-partisan, not for profit Global Warming Policy Foundation, laid out in graphic terms how Europe’s climate policies have “failed.” “This is the biggest wealth transfer in the history of modern Europe — from the poor to the rich,” explained Peiser, who spoke to a crowd of 200 at the 10th annual Friends of Science luncheon. —Licia Corbella, Calgary Herald, 15 May 2013
Knot for YouBy Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Ashley Book of Knots is an interesting tome with detailed descriptions of knots and how to tie them. First published in 1944, it lists close to 4,000 different knots with some 7,000 illustrations. From fancy nautical (or should that be knotical ?) braids to the hangman’s knot , they are all in there. So, which knots are the most important to know?
There is only one knot that I think you absolutely need to know: the Bowline knot.
Cotton offers a new ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spillsBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
With the Deepwater Horizon disaster emphasizing the need for better ways of cleaning up oil spills, scientists are reporting that unprocessed, raw cotton may be an ideal, ecologically friendly answer, with an amazing ability to sop up oil. Their report, which includes some of the first scientific data on unprocessed, raw cotton’s use in crude oil spills, appears in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
The Domestic Energy Bonanza and the EconomyBy Institute for Energy Research Tuesday, May 14, 2013
A recent commentary on the Washington Post’s “Wonkblog” illustrates the ability of professional economics to collide with common sense. The article seeks to pooh-pooh the idea that America’s oil and natural gas expansion have contributed much to the (anemic) economic recovery, but the arguments are dubious at best. If we just look at unemployment rates at the state level, it is pretty clear that the innovations in the oil and gas sector have done wonders. For those wishing to boost job creation, reduce costs for the average American household, and reduce the deficit with no tax hikes, expanded energy development is still a no-brainer.
Sequestration: A President’s Folly or an Opportunity Oil
By Institute for Energy Research Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Congress decided to let the sequester take place, but the Obama Administration decided where the cuts would occur. Unfortunately, for the American public, many of the cuts seem to have taken place in order to hurt the public rather than to benefit it. For example, air traffic controllers were furloughed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in large numbers at the same time, causing flight delays until Congress directed that cuts be made elsewhere by the Department of Transportation to cover FAA’s reduction.
How the Greens Pick Your PocketBy Alan Caruba Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The famed Boston Tea Party was a protest against “taxation without representation”, but our pockets are picked every day by a plethora of taxes of which most Americans are not even aware.
Dyes & ColorBy Dr. Klaus L.E. Kaiser Monday, May 13, 2013
Dyes and pigments are everywhere. They make us see things in many colors. The blue of your jeans is just one dye of many.
Foundation vows to expose corrupt Australian systemBy Guest Column Monday, May 13, 2013
On May 9th, Australia’s Waubra Foundation issued a call for a full Public Enquiry by a Royal Commission into the wind industry. This was prompted by an attempt to silence their CEO and longstanding advocate for independent multidisciplinary research, Dr Sarah Laurie.
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