Signs the world is coming to an end

Which of these recent developments raises your eyebrows the highest?

Russia is planning a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves, causing widespread alarm among environmentalists. (The Guardian, May 3, 2009)

Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has decided to accept all federal stimulus money her state is eligible for, with one exception: the nearly $29 million for the state energy office. Ms. Palin has rejected the state energy office funds out of concern that it would obligate Alaska to enact more stringent building codes. "Alaska's vast expanse and differing conditions are not conducive to a federally mandated, universal energy code," she said in a statement. (New York Times, May 1, 2009)

Jenny McCarthy is poised to become the next star in Oprah Winfrey's media empire. [The vaccines-causes-autism activist] has inked a multi-year deal with Winfrey's Harpo Prods. to develop projects on different platforms, including a syndicated talk show that the actress/author would host. (Hollywood Reporter, May 4, 2009)

And it's only Tuesday morning.

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Oh and its only tue and theres this...

US climate change denier James Inhofe joins Al Gore in fight against soot

In a surprise U-turn, the Republican senator has put forward a bill to review the dangers of black carbon to health and the environment

The first one really caught my eye (The other two are depressing but not at all surpising). Using a long term energy source to extract a much shorter term energy source? I mean, I suppose it may be worth it. It all comes down to eroei doesn't it? But still looks strange. But of course, if efficiency were the only measure, we wouldn't be eating beef and pork (mmmm...bacon).

I was in fact wondering at the sheer madness of building nuclear power stations in order to dig up petrol.

United States President Barrack Hussein Obama came to Turkey when Greenpeace members as a result of their actions were observed in gold, energy, kyoto and global warming with all the actual movement is blocked, such as not able to understand why we thought.

"such as not able to understand why we thought."

Yes. I not am also.

Being an Alaskan myself, the Palin story is sad, but not surprising. We've lived under her flippy-floppy thumb for long enough now that we are, sadly, used to it. I think the Jenny McCarthy thing is horrible. What it means is that Oprah, arguably the most powerful person on the planet, endorses the former playmate's kooky viewpoints.

Yeah, you'd think they'd build nuclear power plants _instead_ of digging for oil. Especially now that energy extraction is promising to be a hundred-fold more efficient with respect to nuclear waste.

But I find Russians to use reverse logic, so I'm not really surprised, sadly. Defection is for losers, I mean people who think straight. :P

What happened to the 10' reactors started in the 80s that google in their c++head wisdom decided not to support? See google talks. The data was somehow not promising?

re: ... the sheer madness of building nuclear power stations in order to dig up petrol.

you ever try to pour a nuclear power station into a combustion engine?

By unmannedanimal (not verified) on 07 May 2009 #permalink

Marine biology and journalism... hmmmm...

This is, again, one of my biggest problems with those who refuse vaccines. They frame the issue as solely "my child, my choice." Which is fine, until you put that child in with the rest of society via school, or daycare, or even trips to McDonald's.