Bad News For the Environment: EPA Likely to Begin Regulating Emissions

Well, with Obama comes Change. With Change comes...yep, you guessed it, more of the same: big government meddling in affairs the government has no business meddling in.

Apparently the Environmental Protection Agency, which has done nothing but @#$@#$ things up since its inception, is going to "regulate" carbon and other emissions. Yay. Every time you breathe out, you'll be taxed, I guess.

For the Gorebots who want to whine and moan about how carbon dioxide is "ruining" our environment and "causing" global warming (uhh...human emissions of CO2 account for only 0.117% of the total...hardly "significant"), I ask: how is putting the EPA in charge of forcing people to "comply" with some kind of CO2 regulation going to "fix" any problems?

I'll answer you: it won't. Remember how Obama promised "Green Collar" jobs? Well, when you over-regulate business, tear up the economy, and create new taxes (government fees are taxes too), you REDUCE the number of jobs. Every time you raise minimum wage? Yep, jobs are lost. Look it up if you want. The numbers aren't hard to find.

I'm getting a little off point, though. The point of THIS post was specifically to say that the EPA is probably going to regulate emissions in the future. I have an idea: government, police thyself. Since the United States government is America's #1 polluter, maybe they should clean house FIRST before they start pointing guns at the rest of us to do it?

Here's the original copy of the original NY Times story. I'm not going directly to the NYT as they require a login to read stories there.

The Solar-Powered G.W. Walking Chariot

Just mark this one down as "holy crap, that's awesome!" Funny as hell and I definitely want one! Check it out, with video, at Zoomilife.

How to Hack your Prius and the Debate Over the “New” 2010 Model

Ever since Toyota announced that the 2010 Prius would be a plug-in (PHEV), there’s been some noise from the community about whether this is really a big change for the little hybrid. After all, most foreign models already have an “EV” button that allows the car to run on battery alone for short distances.

Read about it at Zoomilife.

Media Credibility, Not Ice Caps, In Meltdown

From American Thinker, by Peter C Glover:

Eco-warriors and media hype aside, the fact is, as we head into 2009, that the world's ice mass has been expanding not contracting. Which will surprise evening news junkies fed a diet of polar bears floating about on ice floes and snow shelves falling into the oceans. But if a whole series of reports on ice growth in the Arctic, the Antarctic and among glaciers are right, then it is truth in the mainstream media (MSM) that's in meltdown not the polar ice caps.

The problem for the MSM is that it long ago nailed its colors to the climate alarmist mast. No ice cap meltdown, no rising waters. No disappearing islands, no reason for alarm. No alarm, no story. Worst of all having called yet another global apocalypse wrong: No credibility. So the MSM has a significant stake in running highly selective warm-mongering headlines. Not to mention disparaging those scientists who have the temerity to disagree as 'holocaust deniers' and 'pseudo-scientists'.

There's nothing more the climate alarmist media loves than a 'melting Arctic' ice cap story. So why not stories from the far larger expanse of ice that is the 'melting' Antarctic? Well it might have something to do with the fact that the Antarctic ice grew to record levels in 2007 - and continues to grow.

Read the rest by clicking here.

GO GREEN... NOT! Captain Planet & Obama's Policies.

Why reward Detroit (and punish taxpayers) for making unprofitable cars?

Is Solar Right For You?

Mother Earth News has a great online article for the beginner to solar power who wants to know if it's the right solution for their home. Sure, the sun shines everywhere, but that doesn't mean that solar is the right solution for your home's power needs. The area you live in, the cost of the system, and your average power usage are all factors to be considered here. In my opinion, photovoltaics aren't generally a solution for most homes, but solar thermals (for water heating or home heating) are.

The the great article from Mother Earth at this link.