Article by Erik Leipoldt

Various reports tell us that war is one of the effects of global warming. Wars over energy and water are more likely as those two resources dwindle.

Global warming is connected to profligate use of fossil fuel energy and both will increase into the near future in their co-dependency – their unhealthy relationship. Global warming and worsening quantity and quality of water resources are also interrelated.

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Global warming ethics, pork and profits

By Paul Driessen
web posted February 12, 2007

The ink has barely dried on its new code of conduct, and already Congress is redefining ethics and pork to fit a global warming agenda. As Will Rogers observed, “with Congress, every time they make a joke, it’s a law. And every time they make a law, it’s a joke.”

However, life-altering, economy-wrecking climate bills are no laughing matter. That’s why we need to recognize that the Kyoto Protocol and proposed “climate protection” laws will not stabilize the climate, even if CO2 is to blame. It’s why we must acknowledge that money to be made, and power to be gained, from climate alarmism and symbolism is a major reason so many are getting on the climate “consensus” bandwagon.

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Before they tax the crap out of us and before the global warming alarmists make a fortune off of their fear mongering?

And why on Earth is Al Gore’s company based in London? Is it because they have a 10% lower corporate tax rate? Why is his entire business based on investments in alternative energy and carbon credits? Can someone explain that to me please?
Cotton** They are spending a fortune on climate change. They are going to TAX us for usage.
The scientific community agrees??? Try this one on and see if it fits.

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=83947f5d-d84a-4a84-ad5d-6e2d71db52d9

Why does a person in Denmark pay 60% income tax on $60,000 per year? Why does Denmark pay a sales tax (vin) of 25%?

The ‘Vaso-Pressing’ effects constricting the life channel of the capital markets-the ‘Liquidity’, due to credit market squeeze in response to the US sub prime mortgage crisis, has eased since the Fed cut interest rates. The rate cut by 50 bps, has been something more than expected by the analysts and market participants alike. Global equity markets reacted sharply to this effect as they saw bulls running all the way with Dow Jones and other emerging markets reaching new highs.

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ok so i have a debate and need a little help with research. please disregard your personal opinions and just focus on fact however arguments that deter the idea that government funding to prevent global warming should be increased are welcome if fact based. I need sources that first of all prove global warming with facts and figures but if anyone can help prove the economic benefits of green energy investments that would be awesome. Thanks for the help

There are two unique propositions in Husk Power Systems: The manner in which the entrepreneurs are creating a rural electricity grid in Bihar villages using rice husk and two, the manner in which they have raised funding, the most recent being a $250,000 seed round after competing against over a 1,000 competitors to win the Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco-sponsored Global Business Plan Competition.

   First came the entrepreneurs in Gyanesh Pandey, a BS, Electrical Engineering, IIT Varanasi, teamed up with Ratnesh Yadav, a serial entrepreneur from Patna, who did his BA from Delhi University in 1997 who came up with a plan to electrify villages in rural Bihar with generators powered by rice husk. Rice husk, the outside of rice kernels, have traditionally been removed and discarded before rice is transported. However, when rice husk is heated it releases energy and HPS has developed technology that filters the released gas and runs this through a diesel-like engine to generate electricity.

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Greenwich, Connecticut, August 18, 2008–The Greenwich Hyatt will be the scene of the 2008 Global Alpha Forum–arguably the most important hedge fund event of 2008 for both fund managers operating in Connecticut and investors wishing to get to know those managers while also gaining insights as to economic and geopolitical developments likely to most impact alternative investors in the coming year.

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One and a half hours is my usual commute time to my current work place. It takes forty-five miles to get there. During winter storm it takes much, much longer… I certainly have enough time to listen to the Boston Public Radio (WBUR station), and my thoughts usually start with “WHY are we all sitting here?”, slowly moving, wasting fuel, and finally contributing our share to the Global Warming… Good Morning (or Good Night) America on Wheels!

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Matt Taibi—Rolling Stone magazine:

“The bank owns a 10 percent stake in the Chicago Climate Exchange, where the carbon credits will be traded. Moreover, Goldman owns a minority stake in Blue Source LLC, a Utah-based firm that sells carbon credits of the type that will be in great demand if the bill passes. Nobel Prize winner Al Gore, who is intimately involved with the planning of cap-and-trade, started up a company called Generation Investment Management with three former bigwigs from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, David Blood, Mark Ferguson and Peter Harris. Their business? Investing in carbon offsets. There’s also a $500 million Green Growth Fund set up by a Goldmanite to invest in green-tech … the list goes on and on. Goldman is ahead of the headlines again, just waiting for someone to make it rain in the right spot.”

Rank these from 1 (most important) to 7 (least important)::

- War within a country or among countries.

- Famine, which affects people directly and also affects international markets.

- Economic uncertainty caused by factors such as the collapse of a major industry, depletion of natural resources, or political change.

- Government economic policies, such as tariffs and other trade regulations, foreign aid, and interest rates.

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