Archive for the ‘Global Warming’ Category

The Latest from Ric Romero

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Green activists 'are keeping Africa poor'. Speaking before a keynote lecture tonight to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, of which he is president, Sir David said that the slow pace of African development was linked directly to Western influence. “I'm going to suggest, and I believe this very ...

Sometimes You Know When Something’s Been Done Right

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Just by looking at who thinks it's wrong. Instead of going for sweeping changes that could cost Montanans jobs, the EQC opted for small changes that, while I don't agree with some of them, are more common-sense approaches that aren't radical changes with massive unintended consequences. Mostly, though, I'm pleased that the ...

That Big Nuclear Power Plant Up There In The Sky?

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

It had its first spotless month in a century. (Would that be considered "sun-o-pause"? --Ed.) There are climatologists who now posit that sunspot activity has more of an effect on climate than anything Man has (or could) do. So, the next few years could be interesting. Are we headed toward a ...

Global Warming Strikes Montana

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Everybody Panic!! So, the Clark Fork Coalition (an angelic non-profit) came up with this report that Global Warming is Very Real™, and a Huge Threat™, etc., etc. Get this, though. They used 50 years of data to make their extrapolations. 50 years!! Out of 4 billion. Unless I fat-fingered my calculator, in ...

This Should Be Interesting

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

In Montana, if you do much traveling, you can't help but be stricken by the poverty on our reservations. The reasons for which are myriad and debatable, but I'm heartened that on the Crow Reservation, they are going to try to do something about it. With energy prices soaring, the ...

The Skeptics Society Looks at AGW

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

You should really give the whole thing a read, but if you don't have time, here's the important part: So the bottom line is this: When it comes to future climate, no one knows what they’re talking about. No one. Not the IPCC nor its scientists, not the US National Academy ...

Tonight’s Podcast – All Aboard The Failboat

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

I am an idiot. I made sure that everything was scheduled with the notable exception of changing the date on the BTR show, which is now too late to do. We'll run the podcast at the regularly scheduled time of 9:00, most likely without Paul, since it would be midnight ...

Montana Climate Change Commission, Part IV

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

(This is part 4 of an ongoing series: Part I, Part II, Part III) Part IV, Why it Matters Imagine the following hypothetical (as far as I know) scenario. A decidedly pro free-market think tank is formed by ExxonMobil, Shell and Halliburton to combat AGW hysteria. That think-tank spins off a ...

Montana Climate Change Commission, Part II

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

This is part 2 of an ongoing series, you can find part 1 here. Part II -- Show Me The Money We left off part 1 with the selection of the climate change committee. The response thus far has not been about the issues, but rather about personalities, namely mine. ...

Global Warming and Rock Stars

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Is there anything they can't do? Latest on the list: creating new types of sadness. In order to combat this, I would heartily recommend pharmaceutical relief.

Investment Opportunity

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Helena has had a ban on smoking in all public establishments for the past 4 (or so) years. This includes bars, casinos, restaurants, etc. Physicians here have claimed that within six months of the ban, heart disease plummeted. It's good all around. Well, unless you're a smoker. I had ...