Cold Air from Wordpress

An important reminder "renewables" refer to the energy source being converted to electicity, and not the materials required to build the machines needed to do the conversion.

I've been surprised at the White House's use of the shady term "carbon pollution" (it's like referring to drowning as "water pollution"). Now people are taking a look a policy set on the basis of a "social cost of carbon" (SCC) calculation - and while I agree with setting policy by estimating future costs, I wouldn't justify the policy based on a spreadsheet. This shot is probably deserved: "And finally, I return to the issues raised in the preceding post, 20 tips for interpreting scientific claims. Some commenters seemed to think this was pretty much kindergarten stuff and of course policy makers (or their staffers) understand this stuff.  Well anyone taking seriously the White House’s SCC numbers needs to go back to kindergarten and pay attention to the 20 tips."

As Cliffs halts development  if becomes apparent McGuinty's 2010 commitments were about 2 jobs: the MPPs from Thunder Bay re-elected in 2011 ...in the region known as the Ring of Fire.It is said to contain one of the largest chromite deposits in the world -- a key ingredient in stainless steel.There is no substitute for chromite. There is no North American producer of chromite.Its the most promising mining opportunity in Canada in a century.Your government is fully committed to working with northerners, Aboriginal communities and mining partners to fully realize the Ring of Fires potential.Together, we will create Ontario jobs... via Text of throne speech | Toronto Star . via Ring of Fire Deception .