New Normal, Humanity's Impact...'No one can deny this!'

[grassfarmer]

Tom, you are talking hot air again!

El Nino consistently producer warmer and drier winters from the midwest north and to the west coast. It does not bring more moisture to us although it does to Mexico and the SW US.

Your comments on green power having worse environmental impacts that conventional are just crazy talk. You worry about who will remove the windmills and reclaim the roads leading to them - why? it's not like the wind is going to run out or quit blowing. Maybe you are confusing it with the issue of the oil leases in Alberta where reclamation needs to be done on a huge scale and it isn't happening - companies find it more economic to abandon sites. If you are worried about the environment try getting after these guys.

[bucket]

Good points grassfarmer.

The oil companies get great royalty rates by blackmailing governments by saying they will leave otherwise.

Then they won't even clean their messes up and the government never forces it.

Why not have a bond for these guys that cover clean up costs. Paid up front. If they clean up their mess they get it back.

If they don't or the government spends the money and can't give it back - tough shit. Just like the oil companies giving the bill to taxpayers for clean up.

BTW anyone look at pump prices - just 3 wondering why shit is slowing down at those prices. There has to be tremendous margins somewhere in the chain.