Snapped Shot

You know, when the hype started growing about compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL), people were all excited about the reduction in the production of carbon dioxide produced from the decreased energy needs. But, there are a few things that they refused to tell you.

It's like someone telling you that putting a snake in your home will do wonders by keeping the rodents away. It will save you hundreds of dollars by not having to purchase rat traps or using nasty poisons around your home. What they don't tell you is that you are buying and placing a dangerous and deadly snake in your home.

These CFL's are no different.

We are already aware of the dangers from broken mercury-filled bulbs. Some toxic waste facilities state that they want $2,000 dollars to just clean up a broken bulb. Why?? It's MERCURY!!!!

Mercury is a hazardous, toxic, deadly heavy-metal that government's the world over are working to eradicate from our lives.

And yet, these same governments are pushing, and have mandated, laws that force us to buy mercury-containing products and place them in our homes and around our children.
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... then just ignore them.

That seems to be the common mantra of the MSM and global-warming alarmists. Find a picture. Make it fit the AGW hysteria despite the context (or lack thereof) and the actual facts (or lack thereof). Even if they mention the facts in the article, they know that most people have been educated in America's poor educational system and have an inherent low attention span for reading and comprehension.

Case in point, the recent hysteria and alarmist arm-waving from this story. Note the title to this story that was featured all over the net this weekend.

Dead walruses, low Arctic sea ice level reported
Up to 200 carcasses spotted as experts release summer ice data

OMG!!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!! OMG!!!!

That is horrible. So, low sea ice... during the summer (meaning heat).... plus 200 dead walrus carcasses.... that can mean only one thing!! MAN-CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING!
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Silly question? Not really. Think about it for a bit.

What do you think the cost of a drop of oil is?

If you started of by thinking of the cost of a barrel of oil, then doing a google search to find the current cost of oil and then trying to divide up the number of gallons, etc, etc... then you are only seeing half the story.

Currently, the price for a barrel of crude oil is about $70. Which has been pretty steady for most of this year. There is so very much that we can get out of a barrel of oil these days.

It is remarkable when you think of the technology used to split all those hydrocarbon molecules up in to their individual components to produce 44 gallons out of 42. And everything in our lives is dependent upon oil.

But, I want you to think outside the barrel. What does it take for the oil companies to just get that drop of oil?

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Wow, who knew the way that you fix unprecedented budget shortfalls is by pissing away even more money!

Billing it as the largest state-sponsored green jobs training program in the nation, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday announced a $75 million program to train 20,000 workers for environmental jobs. "We will need more workers to install the solar panels and insulate the homes and do all those things that we will need," Schwarzenegger said at an announcement at Los Angeles Trade Technical College.

"We have two major problems in this state," he said. "We have high unemployment. That is crisis No. 1. Crisis No. 2 is the environment. This Clean Energy Workforce Training Program attacks both those problems."

Whatever happened to letting private business decide how to attack a lack of sufficiently-trained technicians?

And actually, you moron, Crisis #1--Or "numero uno," as you Californians call it--is that your brain-dead state is totally out of money. Perhaps you should think about addressing that first, before you don't have any money left to give.

Aw heck, that'll never happen.

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that Californians never seem to have any problems with imposing higher taxes upon themselves. Well, unless you count the bazillions of them that've moved to Virginia and other actually pro-business states, that is.

To all of you whom are about to make a great journey across this nation: Your voting patterns caused that State's mess. Don't think that continuing to vote for the same moronic things is going to lead to different results over here.

Apparently, environmental standards are about as meaningful as the science they're based on:

The Federal Building in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, features an extensive use of natural light to illuminate offices and a white roof to reflect heat.

It has LEED certification, the country’s most recognized seal of approval for green buildings.

But the building is hardly a model of energy efficiency. According to an environmental assessment last year, it did not score high enough to qualify for the Energy Star label granted by the Environmental Protection Agency, which ranks buildings after looking at a year’s worth of utility bills.

The building’s cooling system, a major gas guzzler, was one culprit. Another was its design: to get its LEED label, it racked up points for things like native landscaping rather than structural energy-saving features, according to a study by the General Services Administration, which owns the building.

Leave it to our government to find a way to massively overcharge the taxpayers to build something that doesn't even live up to the imaginary parts of environmental "science."

At least I can finally enjoy the last laugh, after stoically enduring decades of stale liberal jokes about "Military" intelligence.

Your tax dollars at work, my friends. Who knew that the Wolf Party had more clout in Washington than anyone else?

In response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Congress passed the 9/11 Victim’s Compensation Act. This law set the intrinsic value of a human life at $250,000. Higher sums were paid to compensate families for the lost incomes of a love one killed in the attacks. But the value of a human life itself, without regard to that person’s ability to earn money, was set at $250,000.

At $400,000 a wolf and rising, government is valuing the intrinsic value of each wolf more than its values the intrinsic value of human life.

Be sure to click on over for the rest of the story. And, since doing so is probably going to make you as happy and delighted as I am, pay close attention to the easy-peasy stress relief button up at the top of this page.

(h/t george76)

Can you say...

DUH!!!

Especially if its his intention is to kill jobs and the private, capitalistic form of our economy.

Ace has a post that links to a ACCF report that finds that a realistic outcome of the Cap-n-Trade bill could be this...

...that found under a high-cost scenario the House global warming bill could reduce economic growth by 2.4 percent and cost 2 million jobs by 2030.

Hey Ace!! The ONE has already cost this nation nearly 4 million jobs!!! And that is before the Cap-n-Trade bill is even implemented. This is just from his "recovery" efforts. [Update: It would seem that the unemployment roles are now over 6 million people unemployed. Yeah, that is a much better "recovery".]

Wait till he really tries to take this economy down with that bill. I expect there will be a much higher level of lost jobs. I expect upwards of 8 million jobs. This Cap-n-Trade will not just affect major manufacturing, but will affect each and every small business out there as well. To even how you live within your home.

How often have we heard reports of how some people had a $20,000 or so electric bill at some point? You think that those people will be left at that? Hello Green Police. They will be tasked to enforce carbon usage limits.

There was an interesting paragraph from that first $787 Stimulus bill.

* Double renewable energy generating capacity over three years.
It took 30 years to reach current levels of renewable energy production. This package will double that level over the next three years – enough to power 6 million American homes.

So, according to the President of the United States, this stimulus bill will double the number of homes powered by renewable energy to 6 million homes. Which means that 3 million homes are powered now through alternative energies.

Wow, that is an amazing number. Over the entire United States, an astounding 3 million homes are powered?!? That would equal about half of the state of Texas. WOW.

And now, he wants to increase taxes to pay for subsidies and institute mandates to double that number in order to power almost all of Texas' homes. Wonderful. I feel all warm and fuzzy.

And all of that will take no more than 3 years? Yeah. Tell that to T. Boone Pickens. Mr. Pickens is currently seeking federal funds to bail out his losses so that he won't lose any of his own money in his failed wind farm dreamland.
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I really had to read this statement several times. It blew me right out of my chair.

Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned in a grandstand speech which set out his concerns for the future of the planet.

The heir to the throne told an audience of industrialists and environmentalists at St James's Palace last night that he had calculated that we have just 96 months left to save the world.

And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the "age of convenience" was over.

I.. I... I'm speechless. This man whose own fortune is based on the ability of his minions to attain wealth now says that capitalism is ruining the world and the environment. He also blames consumerism for this world's economic and environmental failures.

What is consumerism? Wiki (the truth of the galaxy) suggests the definition is: "the equation of personal happiness with consumption and the purchase of material possessions." And ... "refers to economic policies placing emphasis on consumption. In an abstract sense, it is the belief that the free choice of consumers"

In other words, he is against freedom of choice an the free ability of people to choose what they want to buy WHEN they want to buy it. He states that freedom of choice to buy what you need and want will kill you and destroy the Earth.

Recall, this is the man that wanted to turn all of Britain's wine in to biofuel for his own personal fleet of golf-carts.

My quandary is whether he is advocating socialism or tyranny.

Delivering the annual Richard Dimbleby lecture, Charles said that without "coherent financial incentives and disincentives" we have just 96 months to avert "irretrievable climate and ecosystem collapse, and all that goes with it."

So, consumerism leads to global warming which leads to environmental armageddon? At least he is on the same time-line that Mr. (I hate myself) Al Gore. Al Gore believed we only had 10 years left to save the planet back in 2006.

Remember when our gas was around $5 a gallon for those of you in the blue states? Remember how the nutzoids came out of the woodwork with massive plans to save our planet and our economy. Remember their answers to our oil problems?

WIND !!!

Wind is everywhere and blows all the time and is free to use and would allow us to save us from ourselves!!!

oooooooooohhhhhhhh

Well, seems the word got back to ol' T.Boone Pickens that the wind does not always blow and it is not cheap to use. He seems to have had a slight change in mind. But, it's going to cost someone else for that mistake.
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So, you think you are a good steward of the Earth? You think you do your best to save energy and you think you will be rewarded for it? I bet some of you think that if you cut back on your energy you can save money.

You are sadly mistaken. Problem is, you do not control the politicians. And it is the politicians that control how much you are charged for your energy usage.

When gas rose to over $4.00 a gallon (avg) recently, everyone cut back on their gasoline purchases. That in turn led to a decrease in tax revenues entering the coffers of the Treasury. So, guess what the politicians did to thank you for using less petroleum? They raised your taxes.

You may be able to do with less gas for a while, but the new Socialist government form of government we have been blessed with could never be expected to do the same.

You think you can save money right now during tight times by cutting back on your home energy usage?

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Now, it is the USA's turn to go insane.

It's bad enough that the People's Congress has passed one of the largest tax increasing, anti-business bill in the history of mankind, but are at the same time claiming that without it our planet will be consumed in the heat of man's exhalations. But now, The One Pres Obamassiah (pbuh) has come out to claim that he will save the world once again.

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When the "save the planet" types started their campaigns, it was all about recycling and planting trees. These plans and concerns were normal and acceptable to all. If you wanted to participate you were appreciated. If not, then that was your choice.

Recently, you can now be thrown in jail for refusing to recycle or plant a tree on your newly purchased property. Or worse, cutting trees down to heat your home when its cold. That might lead to the death penalty soon. A life for a life, according to these tree-huggers.

But, even changing laws and forcing mandatory behaviors upon the general population is not enough. They have now begun claiming alarming announcements meant to scare the illiterate and young. As most of this world falls within those two descriptions, they are hoping to format the minds of a large voting block.

And as we know, with votes comes power.

But sometimes, their level of alarmist rhetoric reaches to the heights of fancy and idiocy. And the media dutifully falls in line.

Now comes a British MP's office to add to the uber-hyperbole.

Thanks to Christopher Booker on this latest revelation. Fortunately, Mr Booker is here to help inform us of what the MSM refuses to do.

Last Wednesday, two days before our Climate Change Secretary[ED: a what?? ], Ed Miliband, told us that motorists could help save the planet by changing more quickly to a lower gear [ED: who needs a transmission? ], his underling Lord Hunt made one of the most absurd claims that can ever have been uttered by a British minister. Solemnly reported by the media, he said that by 2020 he hopes to see thousands more wind turbines round Britain's coasts, capable of producing '25 gigawatts (GW)" of electricity, enough to meet "more than a quarter of the UK's electricity needs".

In three ways this was remarkable.

Click on his link to red the three reasons why he reasons that this blowhard is completely wrong and... been toking too much of England's tainted beef.

For me, I have a fourth reason. A very good reason why this man and his goals are absurd. And, its demise will come from the global warmists and their cousins in the greenies. Those tens of thousands of windmills would block the coastal views of those liberals who live along the coastlines.

I just now thought of a fifth reason. People are not going to pay the over-inflated price that is always associated with "green" energy while at the same time paying the taxes associated with the government-funding of these pork projects.

And I agree whole-heartedly with all of Mr Booker's reasons and suggestions. What do you think? Do you have any suggestions to increase cheap energy production?

Duke Energy, the major power supplier for much of North Carolina, has announced its intention to raise electrical costs for its customers by over $500 million, due to increasingly likely micromanagement of the Green Sector (formerly known as our "energy production capability.") But hey, there's good news:—Customers stand to save a fortune once the rates go up:

“[W]e estimate that by participating in appropriate energy conservation programs, the average North Carolina residential customer (using 1,000 kWh a month) can save about $5 per month…”

500 million dollars divided by 4 million customers equals $125 that North Carolinians will be expected to add on to their already expensive power bills, per year.

In the midst of a massive economic downturn.

Fortunately for North Carolinians everywhere, Duke Energy (or rather, the Federal Department of Pointless Micro-Management) has outlined ways that customers can use to save $60 per year. Which amounts to less than half of the price hike (which, I will add again, is on top of already expensive bills).

"Going green" continues to be one of the biggest scams in the history of our nation. How much better must we feel to know that our government is the one that's scamming us?

Thanks to Steven.