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how do you say danger in french? and what are some things i could say in french about the environment?

i’ve got my french as level oral exam tomorrow, im really stressed out about it. I’ll be talking about the world around us: travel, environmental issues and the french speaking world. What are some things i could say?
and how do you say danger in french?

thanks

Is pseudo nonconformity a smoke screen…?

…undermining creative free thinking, advancement of a more equitable society and the global debate over climate change?

Have we been unknowingly marketed into believing that wearing a tattoo or buying from whole foods is going to make a positive impact as we continue to follow patterns of behavior that retains the status quo while neglecting important issues on on both a local and global global level? Is this similar to what occurred during the hippie movement of the mid 60’s- mid 70’s which arguably lead to rampant consumerism and a waste of opportunity during the 80’s and 90’s?

Are we being duped and tricked into submission in order to keep corporate profits secure by being “allowed” to believe that token actions are having a positive impact on society, culture and the great environmental issues before us?

In general, which political party do you think cares more about Environmental issues?

I’m a senior in high school and am taking an AP Environmental class. Our teacher was having us look up around 22 Environmental laws and amendments. One of things that she asked us to do was to name the presidents that were in office at the time the law was passed. I found it surprising that (aside from Clinton), all the presidents were of the Republican party.

Does it seem like environmental efforts in the US are being focused on things that don’t make much difference?

Like the light bulb phasing out – when you factor in the mercury pollution, the fact that most people won’t dispose of CFLs properly and not to mention the loss of US jobs since most CFLs are made overseas, it’s really a policy that does little if any good. The government refuses to tackle environmental issues on a larger scale. Banning drive-thru at fast food places would do a lot more than banning incandescent lightbulbs, make people park and walk in to the counter instead of idling engines and wasting gas. Cracking down on industries would be the biggest help though, but we all know corporate lobbyists keep that from happening.
When your kids get mercury poisoning you can tell me how great those CFLs are. We banned lead paint and recommend against mercury thermometers and thermostats because kids get into everything and can sustain permanent damage from toxic metals.
The fact that it uses less energy is pretty much negated by the other environmental costs and the costs in jobs. CFLs require more responsibility and most people won’t be responsible with them.

what are some imperative and current issues in politics?

Hey everyone,

I have a paper that I need to start soon and for it, I need to look at a current and imperative issue in politics. I need to develop a thesis analyzing how the thinkers we have studied Plato, Rousseau, Karl Marx and Carl Schmitt would have thought about it.

I was hoping to stay away from US, environmental or economic politics since they are such broad topics and concern myself more with global or humanitarian issues.

Anyone have recommendation of a current issue in politics?

Thanks!

How do you make eco- friendly clothes, like, where can you buy recycled fabric and stuff to make it out of?

I want to know how people make clothes that are considered eco–friendly. I know its kind of far in the future but I’m fourteen and when I’m older I want to maybe try to start an environmentally friendly clothing line, so I was curious as to how it works. I’ve already drawn designs in my notebook. 🙂
Anyone have any tips?

where can i buy organic/eco-friendly clothing?

i know of company planet earth clothing, a ‘skateboarding’ line that offers great organic apparel, although im not even sure where to buy all of their stuff. does anybody have any other ideas?

Name for an eco-friendly clothing line?

Hey, after much researching i came across a name i do find good for a brand name of a clothing line. It is [e&Co.] “e & company”. I was wondering if you thing it would sell. Would you guys ever shop or buy stuff from a brand labeled as such, being eco friendly [organic cotton] and it’s aimed at 16-25 yr olds girls and guys. Im startng with graphic tees, slim-fit.

Here is the link of how I would have it look [the brand name].

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn94/vicalexander91/Picture321-02-15.png

What do you guys think of the name? It can stand for environmental awareness, eco–friendly, interpret it however you want. Thanks 🙂

Where [online] can I purchase tall eco friendly/organic clothing?

I’ve purchased tops and blouses from sites like Soul-flower and Gypsy Rose, but I can’t buy any pants from those sites because they don’t have the option of a taller inseam. Are there any sites or companies out there that make such clothes in taller options?

Eco-Friendly Clothing?

For school, I was thinking about putting on an “eco–friendly” fashion show, modeling clothes made of organic/reycled materials. ANYONE KNOW ANY SITES/STORES that would carry such products? Do you think stores would donate clothes? Should I suggest it as being a product endorsement??? thanks for the help, i’m lost!!

Are South American Nations like Cuba leading the way on sustainable living?

With home market gardens designed on permaculture principles? Which nations are the pioneers?

I believe I have a sustainable resource to take the emphasis away from fossil fuels to a living resource?

Australia is one of the few countries left in the world that has not been overly depleted of natural resources. It is also the best country to launce an approach to a sustainable environment that would rejuvinate our living resources, clean the environment, change the financial structure from fossil fuels to living resources. Save our deforestation first, that can then be implemented on a global scale. Australia has a prehistoric forest that i can show how to make it the most valued resource in Australia by keeping it alive.
Toatally new to this, but my question would be. Would Australians and the Government be willing to fund a project towards a greener environment, the repletion of our ozone layer. The protection of it’s forests with the real posibility of altering the financial basis behind it’s economic structure?

Is there a national ‘green,’ sustainable living conference/expo for engineers or really anyone? who? where?

I am studying to be a civil/environmental engineer and am looking for organizations and conventions to get involved in that has much to do with sustainable design. Also I would like to even get involved with non-engineering sustainability and green, organizations and conventions. Also is there like a green expo similar to the Consumer electronics expo or something.

things people do that don’t lead to sustainable living?

what are the things people do that don’t lead to sustainable living ?

What are some good sources for creating and living in a Self Sustainable Communities?

I mean a Community that need nothing from the outside. That has its own electricity, water greenhouse, Ext. Does anyone know of such a community. or Information on creating one.
Any related information could be useful thanks.

What are some environmental issues affecting our world today (besides the obvious ones)?

I have to do a project on an environmental issue but I can’t think of a good one to research. I know about global warming, deforestation, pollution, etc. I want to do my project on a less common environmental issue. Does anyone have any ideas?

Is accounting the appropriate system to use for social and environmental issues confronting business today?

What are some important but little known environmental issues in the world today?

I have to write a paper on an environmental topic for a summer class. The professor has rejected my first 2 proposals. I need something that I’ll be able to find literature on but not something that’s too mainstream (i.e. global warming or the BP oil spill).

What are the major environmental issues facing Australia today?

of all the environmental issues today, what needs to be addressed first?

What are the modes of conservation for sustainable development and what are the three R’s?

I need to write about two pages on “Modes of Conservation for Sustainable Development” for my CBSE Class X EVS Project. I have to include the 4 R’s but I don’t know what they are. Please provide me with the information on the topic as well as the three R’s. Also give me the URL links to the information if you can find them.

What does sustainable living mean to you?

I am on a reasearch for a magazine. I’m interessted in any aspect of sustainability. Also about you question on how to live more sustainable. Thank you.
Also, how would you improve the world?

How does legislation work in relation to sustainable development?

College homework. The criteria asks for a description of how & why legislation and policies have been developed in relation to sustainable development. With so many other items to cover, my mind has gone blank =)

What are the most cheapest sustainable materials?

I am doing some designing work however I need to add some notes in cheap and sustainable materials to suggest. I really do not know many but I know plastics are not sustainable.

What is the sustainable level of fiscal deficit?

US fiscal deficit is nearly 11% of its GDP. What percentage of fiscal deficit that is sustainable (how much is a lot) and what is the optimal level of fiscal deficit to get the economy going?

Alternative Energy DRIP investments?

Are there any alternative energy stocks that offer direct reinvestment programs?

Is it good to invest money in buying stocks in Hybrid and other alternative technologies?

I want to know if it is at this point “wise” to buy stocks and invest in technologies such as Hybrid manufacturing and other alternative energy technologies since I believe this is the future of automation. With the intrdouction of Hybrids by car manfacturers I believe that eventually it will replace gasoline powered cars.

Best ETF/stocks to watch for alternative (wind) energy?

i’d like to invest in water treatment, renewable energy, alternative fuels. recommend any stocks or sites?

would like recommendations on alternative fuel, renewable energy mutual funds and websites that offer these choices

What kind of industry is alternative energy under on http://screen.yahoo.com/stocks.html?

Hurricane Ike, Oil Supply, Oil Prices?

This is actually a rhetorical question but please read on, this may be our chance to do something about this crisis.

For to long now we have been hearing that the price of oil per barrel is being controlled by supply and demand. Well recently we have had a breathtaking spike in prices due to Hurricane Ike because the oil producing factories in Texas had to shut down. Meaning that supply temporarily went down meaning price per barrel should go up!

Then if they aren’t lying to us how come when i log into my yahoo homepage why do i see the price per barrel shot down $7????? But since there is less oil that means demand is up if 20% of our America’s oil supply is cut off right now!

Sounds like we are getting screwed and bush is getting one last big paycheck before he leaves office!

Oh and how come they get to hike the prices on this gas when they had already paid a set price for it???

When your company you work for shuts down do you increase the price for your services by a drastic amount because you shut down for a week or two? Why should they be allowed to in this time of economic strife when they are still making billions a year now in record profits?

Pass that on to your state elected officials maybe now we have the tool and evidence we need to up the pressure and finally put enough of these oil crooks behind bars and scare the others into fixing the prices back where they should be!!!!

My prayer for now and not just because of prices is this, “please god let someone discover a source of renewable energy to replace oil that is safe for our beautiful planet you gave us!”
Dont click on real new’s link, it isnt anything.

Should those of us in business friendly states thank Governor Jerry Brown?

California Governor Jerry Brown, bowing down to the wacko green lobbyists, will sign a bill today which will raise the required amount of costly renewable energy for electric generation in California from 20% to 33% by the year 2020. They will also be implementing a cap and trade program, which is a tax on fossil fuel use, but the leftist environmentalist say it doesn’t go far enough so they have taken the State to court. And who gets to pay the increased costs associated with the economy killing programs? Consumers and businesses. So, shouldn’t the western business friendly states like Texas, Arizona and Utah thank Governor Brown for sending more businesses and jobs our way?

Thanks, Jerry!!
Dimestore, all you need to do is look, how use google or something other than listening to the propaganda outlets and reading dailykos or moveon.org.

Isn’t it nice to see the stimulous creating so many jobs in China?

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-13/chinese-turbines-spun-by-texas-winds-spur-buy-american-push.html

when obama cracks and lets any ol slave labor country to ship in renewable energies, won’t that really help the “global economy *gag*”

Why is the Republican alleged “Big Oil” link any worse than the Democrats “Big Green” direct involvement?

So everyone harps and harps and harps ad nauseum about Bush and Cheney having prior ties to the oil industry making them immediate mindless patsies to the Great Satan Big Oil, but what about the Democrats and Big Green? The funny part is that those like Pelosi have DIRECT investments in alternative fuel companies whose technology they’re trying to ran through in legislation. So when these Big Green companies that the Democrats are lackies to start making billions in profits, will there be a call for Windfall Profits Taxes? I guess that will depend on whether Pelosi and her cohorts have sold their stock or not.

How freaking hypocritical, LOL!

“August 18, 2008 (LPAC)–In May, 2007, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi bought stock in the initial public offering of T. Boone Pickens’ company, CNLE (Clean Energy Fuels Corp.). George Soros is a stockholder as well.

CNLE is part of the network of Pickens’ companies set to profiteer off his “Pickens Plan” for a massive shift to wind-generated electricity, and then–so he asserts, a massive freeing up of natural gas for transportation. CNLE provides compressed natural gas and liquified natural gas. Pelosi owns between 100,000 and 250,000 shares.

CNLE is reported to be a sponsor of Proposition 10 in Pelosi’s home state of California, calling for $10 billion in state and Federal funding for companies involved in renewable, clean energy–namely, wind power and natural gas. A sister company operated by Pickens, Mesa Power, is involved in $12 billion of mega-wind farm projects in West Texas. Pelosi also favors Federal tax breaks and financial aid for “renewables” energy projects.”

Pandering to Big Green? Hmmmmmm…billions? Hmmmmm…
dconstru, when did the US go to war for the oil companies? The US hasn’t taken a drop of Iraqi oil years later, but yet you keep blindly repeating the Dems tag lines. Leads to some credibility issues if you ask me. I wish we would’ve taken the oil, my gas would be cheaper.

Science puzzle help? please help?

Hydoprower crossword
Across:
15. dam can control these dangerous events (6 letters)
3rd letter is an ‘O’
Down:
7. has magnets and coil of copper wire (9 letters)
2nd letter is an ‘E’

Geothermal crossword
Acrosss:
7. Montain with geothermal energy (7 letters)
second letter in an ‘O’ and last letter is an ‘H’ i think it might start with a V but could be wrong.
Down:
10. produced by geothermal plant (11 letters)
3rd letter is an ‘E’ 10th letter is an ‘T’

Petroleum crossword
Across:
1. possible environmental effect of burning petroleum (9 letters; pollution?)
4. Economy sector that uses most petroleum (14 letters)
7. petroleum is ditilled into __ fuel for flight (3 letters; gas?)
8. these are dug to find oil (5 letters)
9. much of our oil is under the__ (5 letters; earth?)
12. made from ancient plants and animals (6 letters, space, 4 letters)
14. houses drilling equipement (7 letters)
15. used to reach offshore oil (3 letters)
Down:
2. not replinished in a short time (12 letters; nonrenewable?)
3. main product of petroleum refinery (8 lettters)
5. these transport oil underground (9 letters)
6. Number one petroleum state (5 letters; Texas?)
10. petroleum as it comes from wells (5 letters, space, 3 letters)
12. most oil comes from __countries (7 letters)
13. We ___ wells to get to petroleum (5 letters)

Wind crosssword
Across:
1. average amount of time wind machines operate (5 letters, dash, 7 letters)
5. replinishes in a short time (9 lettters; renewable?)
7. energy source that produces wind (5 letters)
8. wind machine blade ___ the speed of the wind (5 letters)
12. turns motion into electricity (9 letters)
14. wind machine with blades (10 letters, dash, 4 letters)
15. wins is caused by uneven ___of the earths surface (7 letters)
Down:
2. number of blades on most wind machines (5 letters; three?)
3. warm air ___ (5 letters)
4. wind machine with blades liike egg-beaters (8 letters, dash, 4 letters)
6. part of wind machine that captures wind energy (6 letters)
9. group of wind machines (8 letters)
10. transfers motion to generator (5 letters, space, 5 letters; speed shaft?)
11. number one wind energy state (10 letters)
13. air over ___ heats up more slowly (5 letters)
14. wind increases with ___ (elevation) (6 letters)

please and thank you so much….
if you know any of them it will be a huge help….
Geothermal crossword
Acrosss:
7. Montain with geothermal energy (7 letters)
second letter in an ‘O’ and last letter is an ‘H’ i think it might start with a V but could be wrong.

Petroleum crossword
Across:
4. Economy sector that uses most petroleum (14 letters)
7. petroleum is ditilled into __ fuel for flight (3 letters; 2nd letter is ‘E’)
8. these are dug to find oil (5 letters)
14. houses drilling equipement (7 letters)
15. used to reach offshore oil (3 letters; last letter G
6 minutes ago

Petroleum crossword
Down:
5. these transport oil underground (9 letters)
11. plant that disstills petroleum (8 letters; 3rd letter is F)
the rest is the wind cross word

Eco-Friendly Cars?

can anyone give me two different but really good reasons why cars should be made eco friendly?

Eco-friendly cars and kids??!?

I have recently found out that it is hard to fit rear-facing car seats into the back of almost all compact and even slightly larger cars. This just outrages me. I want a compact, eco–friendly (as friendly as they get anyway) car, and I find it outrageous that in order to fit a car seat into the back, the front seats will have to be pushed up to an uncomfortable and possibly unsafe position. On average, no adults sit in the backseats of cars, so what is the point in even having a back seat if you can’t fit kid seats into them? I am interested in the VW Golf or Jetta TDI, but might consider a Prius, and I have found people complaining about fitting car seats into all of these. Anyone have experience with rear-facing car seats and compact cars? I think it is outrageous that you have to buy a minivan or SUV just to have a 10-pound baby in the back!

do car manufacturers really support eco-friendly vehicls?

Are they really for green vehicles? or is it really for Public Relations purposes? ‘Cause if you think about it, if they developed this technology then sales would go to the eco–friendly cars rather than their petrol cars.

Could you please answer these interview questions regarding eco-friendly car market?

I am currently studying Marketing in A Level Business Studies. As part of our primary research, would you kindly be able to answer the following interview questions?

What is your civil status? & Do you have any children?

Do you have a car? If yes, then is it regular or eco–friendly?

For which purposes do/would you use your car? Work/weekends/family etc.

Would you consider yourself to be environmentally friendly? If yes why?

What factors do you consider to be the most important when purchasing a car and why e.g. design, security, price?

Which information sources affect your awareness concerning environmental friendly cars?

How much will you be willing to spend on an eco–friendly car that fulfils both your desires and requirements?

Are you aware of the of the economical advantages regarding eco–friendly cars? If yes, how important do you find them when purchasing an environmentally friendly car?

Would you be able to describe your dream eco–friendly car? (brand, model, features etc.)

What are your personal views of the eco–friendly car market?

Thank you in advance(:

Are eco friendly cars currently just a cop out?

Before anyone jumps on my back I’m all for saving the environment – I don’t even own a car – but surely the focus should be on getting (or forcing) people to be less dependant on their vehicles? Obviously sometimes it is necessary to drive, but I bet a hell of a lot of car journeys could be avoided – I see lot’s of people going down the local shop in their car that they could easily walk to.

Strikes me that more eco friendly cars will let them justify it.
Badger, no I don’t live in ‘the’ city, or a city. I live on the outskirts of a cotswold town. Not denying it’s a good idea, my point was about people thinking it offsets unnecessary use as they’re ‘eco‘ friendly.

Does this list of colleges fit in with my stats alright?

Alabama
Tennessee
South Carolina

UNC-Chapel Hill
UCLA
Davidson
Georgetown
Pomona
Occidental
Rice
UVA
Middlebury

Duke
Vanderbilt
Yale
Brown
Penn
Stanford
Chicago
Harvard

ACT
E-34
M-26
R-34
S-26

GPA
5.0 W
3.8 UW

Classes
2009-2010

Semester I-
Honors English I (B)
French I (A)
Contemporary Issues (A)
Honors Ancient History (A)

Semester II-
Honors Biology (A)
Honors Algebra I (A)
French II (A)
Health/PE (A)

2010-2011

Semester I-
Honors Geometry (B)
AP Art History (A)
French III (A)
Honors English II (A)

Semester II-
AP US History (A)
AP Chemistry (B)
Honors Algebra II (A)
French IV (A)

2011-2012 Schedule

Semester I-
AP Environmental Science
AP English Language
AP World History
Spanish I

Semester II-
AP English Literature
AP Statistics
AP US Gov’t and Politics/Macroeconomics
Spanish II

Extracurricular Activities (I went ahead and listed them in order of most important)
1. 10-month (paid) internship with a local production company (2010-2011)
2. Fencing, saber and foil (2009 to present)
3. Children’s book reviewer and guest blogger (2009 to present)
4. Duke TIP Center for Summer Studies (2008 to present)
5. Member and Volunteer for HoLa Hora Latina (2010 to present…and no, I’m not hispanic 😉
6. Statistical Coordinator of the Chess Club (2009-2010)
7. Volunteer for Children’s Festival of Reading (2009)
8. Member of the Math Club (2010 to present)

I’m not sure what else to add except that I expect to have pretty good recommendations (1 extra from my teacher at Duke) and that I’m adding a book review as a writing sample.

I’m also graduating a year early (hence the strange transcripts) and I started taking my classes online after 9th grade (I don’t know if this hurts or not?)

Anyway, please let me know if you think these schools are like WAY out of my reach or if I need some more mid-range schools (I’m open to suggestions) or anything else you can think of. I’m taking the SAT in May, so I don’t know if my score for that will be better or not (hoping for around a 2100 but who knows) I’m also taking the US History, Math 1b, and English Literature subject tests in June and of course the AP exams in May but I have no idea what my score will be like.

Thanks for the help! Sorry if this kind of rambling/messy. I’d also love it if you could suggest some schools for me to look at.

please help with this accounting problem on bonds?!?

Environmental Concerns Limited (ECL) issued $500,000 of 10 year, 6.5% bonds payable at par value on May 1, 2010. The bonds pay interest each April 30 and October 31, and the company ends its accounting year on December 31.

Requirements:
1. Fill in the blanks:
a. ECL’s bonds are priced at _____________.
b.When ECL’s issued its bonds, the market interest rate was _____________.
2. Journalize for ECL:
a. Issuance of the bonds on May 1, 2010.
b.Payment of interest on October 31, 2010.
c.Accrual of interest at December 31, 2010.
d.Payment of interest on April 30, 2011.

accounting help – bonds?

Environmental Concerns Limited (ECL) issued $500,000 of 10 year, 6.5% bonds payable at par value on May 1, 2010. The bonds pay interest each April 30 and October 31, and the company ends its accounting year on December 31.

Requirements:
1. Fill in the blanks:
a. ECL’s bonds are priced at _____________.
b.When ECL’s issued its bonds, the market interest rate was _____________.
2. Journalize for ECL:
a. Issuance of the bonds on May 1, 2010.
b.Payment of interest on October 31, 2010.
c.Accrual of interest at December 31, 2010.
d.Payment of interest on April 30, 2011.

Where’s the openness, Mr. President?

The day after his inauguration, President Obama promised a new era of “openness in government.”

But the reality has not matched the president’s rhetoric. We, presidents of two of the nation’s largest journalism organizations, and many of our thousands of members, have found little openness since Obama took office. If anything, the administration has gone in the opposite direction: imposing restrictions on reporters’ newsgathering that exceed even the constraints put in place by President George W. Bush.

Democrats criticized the Bush administration for not making decisions based on the best science. But the Obama administration now muzzles scientists and experts within federal agencies. When they are allowed to talk about important public-health issues, a chaperone often supervises every word. These constraints keep the public from learning whether decisions are science-based or politically motivated.

Consider these few examples:

• After last year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists and environmental groups accused the administration of hiding or underreporting the extent of the spill and its impact on the environment. Federal officials frequently deferred to BP in providing data on issues from cleanup workers’ health problems to oil-spill flow estimates. The government also placed restrictions on airspace for weeks, keeping media photographers from seeing the scope of the spill.

• The Food and Drug Administration placed an unusual restriction on reporters when announcing changes to its medical-device approval process this year. In exchange for providing the information to the media ahead of time, reporters were told they could not seek insights from outside experts before the formal announcement. This ensured the first version of the story contained only the FDA’s official position.

• In more than a third of requests made for public records last year, the administration failed to provide any information at all, the Associated Press reported. Despite an increase in requests, the Obama administration is releasing fewer records under the Freedom of Information Act than the Bush administration did.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/03/2145884/wheres-the-openness-mr-president.html#ixzz1ITFATgKu

Isnt it safe to say that Gingrich supporters are big government NeoCons like him?

http://thenewamerican.com/reviews/books/6323-newts-contract-with-the-earth-offers-pseudo-science-big-government-and-earth-worship

Anyone who seriously believes that Gingrich is a small-government conservative in the mold of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, should look at the new Contract with America-style manifesto that Newt has proposed as the basis for Republicans to campaign on. Gingrich would expand No Child Left Behind to create national teacher competency standards, and he does not actually call for any specific spending cuts. What he proposes is budget legislation that would lead to a balanced budget in seven years. Perhaps balancing the budget takes so long because he wants to spend so much more on a national energy policy. Gingrich proposes an array of subsidies to every conceivable energy interest group and project from ethanol to hydrogen-powered cars. Of course, there’s nothing in Gingrich’s manifesto about reforming entitlement programs. That’s hardly surprising; Gingrich supported the Medicare prescription drug benefits.

It is within this context of fiscal liberality that Gingrich’s environmentalism finds a logical dwelling place, and many believe that it is these beliefs which resulted in his dismal, single-digit performance in the 2010 and 2011 CPAC straw polls.

Like his big-government manifesto, his treatise on environmentalism is merely another declaration of unconstitutional policies and ineffective, wasteful mechanisms to implement such proposals, including the continuation of unconstitutional federal agencies such as the Department of Energy, the strengthening of the United Nations and other global government enforcement bodies, and even the suggestion that the military ought to be used to enforce environmental policies, a picture Gingrich vividly paints in his book.

A Contract with the Earth differs from other stereotypically-liberal environmentalist treatises only in that it does offer some challenges to the left on the issues of regulation, global warming, and free enterprise. Gingrich does express some disdain for what he calls liberals’ failed reliance on legislation and litigation in environmental protection; he argues in favor of taxpayer-funded rewards to business, rather than government punitive regulations, as means by which an environmentalist agenda can be implemented. He seems to support measures such as tax incentives, rather than policies which curtail free enterprise, such as binding emissions limits. He calls for public-private partnerships in advancing the environmentalist agenda, and does not call for reducing the size of government, instead advocating making big government somehow more “efficient”: “…[O]ur government, at all levels, must be modernized to successfully partner, let alone compete, with the private sector,” (p.196).

How do you like my budget?

So I was just playing this game online called Budget Hero and I think my resulting budget was pretty solid. Here it is:

Taxes:
Repeal Bush tax cuts, tax the rich. Cap and limit greenhouse gases. Reform and hike corporate taxes. Add 50 cents to the gas tax. Increase SS taxes for the wealthy. Raise tobacco taxes. No more tax breaks for extractive industries, including big oil. Tax toxic industries. Keep Bush tax cuts on capital gains and dividends for less wealthy.

Social Security:
Cut benefits across the board. Cut SS for the wealthy.

Health Care:
Tax high premium health insurance. Cut rates for private health plans in Medicare. Institute a public option. Freeze Medicare payments. Increase Medicare costs for the wealthy. Simplify and raise Medicare fees.

Defense and Diplomacy:
Bring troops home soon. Cut military spending by ten percent. Cut foreign aid in half. Redeploy troops in Iraq to Afghanistan.

Education:
End No Child Left Behind. More funding for arts in schools.

Science and Nature:
Fund research on clean energy. Ground NASA. Cut the EPA’s budget in half. Double funds for alternative energy.

Housing and living:
Cut federal housing assistance. Increase food stamp benefits.

Miscellaneous:
Cut discretionary spending. Cut “pork barrel spending” in half. Expand unemployment benefits. Cut FDA funding in half. Reduce aid for federal highways. Fund high speed rail.

In total, my budget would cut the national debt to just 16.9% of our GDP by 2019, as opposed to the 70.3% it is now. It would also delay the budget bust to 2070+, as well as minorly shrinking the size of government. Well? What do you guys think? Sound off.

Some wonder: Could more women executive leadership at BP have prevented the oil spill? Why or why not?

BP’s highest ranking woman executive, Vivienne Cox, resigned from her post as head of the company’s Alternative Energy department the day before the department was shut down last year. Critics like Rep. Luis Gutierrez claim that BP consistently ignored safety and environmental regulations, and several studies suggest women could have done better:

Women demonstrate a higher concern about the environment and demonstrate more pro-environmental behaviors (Dietz, et al., 2003)

Responsible environmental practices are more important for women than for men when considering a potential employer. (Aspen Institute, 2008).

Some wonder: Could more women executive leadership at BP have prevented the oil spill? Why or why not?

Could you correct this curriculum vitae please?

Curriculum Vitae

Gian Cus
Birth in Trieste, 26th of may 1962
Resident in: Italy Prospect, 1 Yerevan – Armenia (member of AIRE)
Drivers license: type D
Mobile Italy: e-mail:
Course of study
2006 Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Belford University
1981 Technique degree for the heat gained at the ‘Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale A. Volta” of Trieste
Training courses
Heating plants conductor in the second degree to a potential greater more than 230 kW. – Regional Training Institute ENAIP of Trieste – over 100 hours
Maintenance of condensing boilers of various potential – at the factory boiler Remeha in Holland – course of 32 hours
Solar panels for hot water and heating – at the headquarters of “Paradigma” of Modena Italy – course of 12 hours

Professional experiences

1998-2006 Owner of a company for the construction and design of thermo hydraulic, air conditioning, gas and electric plants, construction of thermal and cooling power stations. I have gained experience of heat conduction of large installations buildings, design construction of heating and electrical equipment housing, industrial and commercial buildings, I have specialized in high-technology and alternative energy sources. My responsibilities were to coordinate the implementation of the various stages of construction, from the design stage, then to manage relationships with customers and suppliers and direct the workforce needed to finish the work.
2007 – 05/2011 Employed at the company Renco spa as a construction engineer for electro mechanical and HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning plants) equipment, construction of thermal and cooling power stations, as well as like a site manager in some sites and technical supervisor in a field camp in Karabatan (Kazakhstan). My responsibilities were enforcing, coordinating the various teams of local workers, the directives of the project manager overseeing the work in the site for the electro-mechanical parts and, sometime the civil works, and eventually proposing the necessary modify to the details of the job, moving in various foreign countries as required. I am also responsible for the maintenance of all electric and mechanical systems of these plants. In these last years I have cooperated to built:
I worked like an electro mechanical and HVAC construction engineer in the extension of the River Palace Hotel in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
I supervised the electro-mechanical works at the Training Center of ‘AGIP’ in Atyrau.
At the field extraction Karabatan I planned and follow, in compliance with the safety guidelines in the field, some technical jobs.
Site manager for civil works, electro-mechanical and HVAC construction for the American Company Synopsys in Yerevan, Armenia.
Site manager for the construction of two branches of HSBC Bank, in Yerevan, for both the civil works, electro-mechanics and HVAC plants.
Technical manager for the electro-mechanical, water, gas and HVAC construction of the Yerevan Palace, a building of 8 floors of offices.
Technical manager for the electro-mechanical and HVAC construction for the processing center of the HSBC Bank in Yerevan.
I was transferred to Zanzibar in Tanzania as a technical manager for the electro-mechanical and HVAC construction of one of the largest conference center on East Africa.
I returned to Yerevan for the completion an commissioning of the Yerevan Plaza building and for the commissioning of the electro mechanical plants in the Computing Center for the HSBC Bank.
I moved to Yuzhno Sakhalin, in Russia, like site manager and technical director for the electro-mechanical, water, gas and HVAC construction of the Mira Hotel.
I were temporarily transferred to Yerevan for overseeing the electro-mechanical and HVAC construction of a branch of Ameria Bank.
I went back to work in Yuzhno Sakhalin to finish the electro mechanical construction in the Mira Hotel.
Returned to Yerevan to overseeing the partial renovation of two hotels, both with regard to the electro-mechanical systems and the civil works.
Site manager for the construction of the another branch of Ameria Bank for both civil, electro-mechanical and HVAC works.
Technical manager, with other colleagues, for the construction of the electro mechanical plants in the residential and commercial complex “Piazza Grande” in Yerevan.
Technical manager for the construction for the electro mechanical plants for the cableway Halizor-Tatev in Armenia.
Technical manager for the electro-mechanical construction of the Pan Armenia Bank.
Languages
English: fluent spoken and written
Russian: good knowledge spoken and written
Italian: mother tongue

Why should we spend trillions of dollars and lose jobs over AGW, when there’s no proof we can alter it?

Why should we spend trillions of dollars and lose an untold number of jobs over AGW, when there’s no proof that the proposed solutions will do anything to halt it or even mitigate it?

http://online.wsj.com/
The Climate Science Isn’t Settled
“…articles from major modeling centers acknowledged that the failure of these models to anticipate the absence of warming for the past dozen years was due to the failure of these models to account for this natural internal variability. Thus even the basis for the weak IPCC argument for anthropogenic climate change was shown to be false.”
“Mr. Lindzen is professor of meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology”

At this point, AGW is like cold fusion. There is no evidence to support AGW, and even if the proposals to address it would have desirable effects (reduce pollution, develop alternative energy sources), NOBODY has even attempted to quantify those desirable effects to show that it would be worth spending that much money and cost so many jobs for it, just because it MIGHT help with a climate change that MIGH be happening (or that might be reversing, according to the latest data).
Crickets chirping!

Don’t answer all at once, AGW defenders.

Who still believes Global Warming is caused by man?

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.

In accusing ExxonMobil of giving “more than $19 million since the late 1990s” to public policy institutes that promote climate holocaust “denial,” Senate Inquisitors Olympia Snowe and Jay Rockefeller slandered both the donor and recipients. Moreover, this is less than half of what Pew Charitable Trusts and allied foundations contributed to the Pew Center on Climate Change alone over the same period. It’s a pittance compared to what US environmental groups spent propagating climate chaos scare stories.

It amounts to 30 cents for every $1,000 that the US, EU and UN spent since 1993 (some $80 billion all together) on global warming catastrophe research. And it ignores the fact that the Exxon grants also supported malaria control, Third World economic development and many other efforts.

Aside from honest, if unfounded, fears of climate disasters, why might others support climate alarmism?

Scientists who use climate change to explain environmental changes improve their chances of getting research grants from foundations, corporations – and US government programs that budget a whopping $6.5 billion for global warming in 2007. They also increase the likelihood of getting headlines and quotes in news stories: “Climate change threatens extinction of rare frogs, scientist says.” Climate disaster skeptics face an uphill battle on grants, headlines and quotes.

Politicians get to grandstand green credentials, cement relationships with activists who can support reelection campaigns and higher aspirations, magically transform $14-billion in alternative energy pork into ethical planetary protection, and promote policies that otherwise would raise serious eyebrows.

Corporate actions that cause even one death are dealt with severely; but praise is heaped on federal mileage standards that cause hundreds of deaths, as cars are downsized and plasticized to save fuel and reduce emissions. High energy prices are denounced at congressional hearings, if due to market forces – but praised if imposed by government “to prevent climate change.” Drilling in the Arctic or off our coasts is condemned, even to create jobs, tax revenues and enhanced security; but subsidizing wind power to generate 2% of our electricity is lauded, even if giant turbines despoil millions of acres and kill millions of birds.

Alarmist rhetoric has also redefined corporate social responsibility, created the Climate Action Partnership and launched the emerging Enviro-Industrial Complex.

Environmental activists have turned climate fears into successful fund-raising tools – and a brilliant strategy for achieving their dream of controlling global resource use, technological change and economic development, through laws, treaties, regulations and pressure campaigns. Recent developments promise to supercharge these efforts.

Environmental Defense is collaborating with Morgan Stanley, to promote emission trading systems and other climate change initiatives – giving ED direct monetary and policy stakes in the banking, investment and political arenas, and in any carbon allowance or cap-and-trade programs Congress might enact. Other environmental groups, companies and Wall Street firms will no doubt follow their lead.

ED designed and led the disingenuous campaign that persuaded many healthcare agencies to ban DDT, resulting in millions of deaths from malaria. Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, ED and other groups still post deceitful claims about DDT on their websites, further delaying progress against this killer disease. By blaming climate change for malaria, they deflect criticism for their vile actions.

Climate catastrophe claims enable activists to gain official advisory status with companies and governments on environmental issues. They also make it “ethical” for Rainforest Action Network and other pressure groups to oppose power generation in Third World countries, where few have access to electricity – and thereby keep communities perpetually impoverished.

Meanwhile, Prince Charles gets lionized for appropriating 62 first class jetliner seats for his entourage of 20, on a trans-Atlantic trip to receive an environmental prize and lecture Americans on saving the Earth – because at least he didn’t use his private jet.

Companies in the CAP and EIC can develop and promote new product lines, using tax breaks, subsidies, legal mandates and regulatory provisions to gain competitive advantages. They get favorable coverage from the media, and kid-glove treatment from members of Congress who routinely pillory climate chaos skeptics.

Some worry that this could become a license to further redefine corporate ethics, present self-interest as planet-saving altruism, and profit from questionable arrangements with environmental groups and Congress. Certainly, cap-and-trade rules will create valuable property rights and reward companies that reduce CO2 emissions, often by replacing old, inefficient, high-polluting plants that they want to retire anyway.

DuPont and BP will get money for biofuels, GE for its portfolio of climate protection equipment, ADM for ethanol, Lehman Brothers for emission trading and other deals. Environmental activists will be able to influence corporate, state and federal policy, and rake in still more cash. Insurance companies can blame global warming for rate increases and coverage denials.

Lobbying and deal-brokering will enter a new era. As Thenardier the innkeeper observed in Les Miserables, “When it comes to fixing prices, there are lots of tricks he knows. Jees, it’s just amazing how it grows.” Indeed, the opportunities to “game the system” will be limited only by one’s “eco-magination.”

To determine the losers, look in the mirror. Activists and politicians are creating a Frankenstein climate monster on steroids. Were it real, we’d need to dismantle our economy and living standards to slay the beast. How else could we eliminate 80–90% of US and EU fossil fuel emissions by 2050, to stabilize carbon dioxide emissions and (theoretically) a climate that has always been anything but stable?

Think lifestyles circa 1900, or earlier. Ponder the British environment minister’s latest prescription: World War II rationing, no meat or cheese, restrictions on air travel, no veggies that aren’t grown locally. France wants a new government agency that would single out, police and penalize countries that “abuse the Earth.” Others want to put little solar panels on African huts, while kleptocratic dictators get millions of dollars for trading away their people’s right to generate electricity and emit CO2.

We should improve energy efficiency, reduce pollution, and develop new energy technologies. But when we demand immediate action to prevent exaggerated or imaginary crises, we stifle debate, railroad through programs that don’t work, create enough pork to fill 50 Chicago stockyards, and impose horrendous unintended consequences on countless families. That is shortsighted and immoral.