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Well, he is right in that someone will get rich off clean energy, and frankly, I'm ok with that. Heck, maybe it'll be me. But I'd like to point out an obvious error: that oil is most of the a Fortune 10, which means lots already got super rich off oil, so really, the rich people on Clean energy argument makes no sense.

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Florida and North Carolina both have GOP governors and both have similar bans on what the departments can say concerning climate change, but that is fine with Milton's ilk.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/f ... 83720.html

The state of Florida is the region most susceptible to the effects of global warming in this country, according to scientists. Sea-level rise alone threatens 30 percent of the state’s beaches over the next 85 years.

But you would not know that by talking to officials at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the state agency on the front lines of studying and planning for these changes.

DEP officials have been ordered not to use the term “climate change” or “global warming” in any official communications, emails, or reports, according to former DEP employees, consultants, volunteers and records obtained by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.

The policy goes beyond semantics and has affected reports, educational efforts and public policy in a department with about 3,200 employees and $1.4 billion budget.

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In one year the oil and gas industry spent much more than that to support their agenda .....


https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indus ... php?id=E01

An already politically active industry ramped up its presence in campaign finance even further in 2012 as presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debated climate change and potential curbs on carbon emissions. Companies with interests in oil and gas contributed more than $70 million to federal candidates in the 2012 cycle, more than double the total from 2010.

Political donations from the industry - which includes gas producers and refiners, natural gas pipeline companies, gasoline stations, and fuel oil dealers - have taken on an increasingly conservative tint over the past two decades. In the 2012 cycle, 90 percent of its contributions went to the GOP.

Lobbying Spending for 2014

Total for Oil & Gas: $141,200,272
Total Number of Clients Reported: 196
Total Number of Lobbyists Reported: 808
Total Number of Revolvers: 488 (60.4%)

Campaign Contributions from this industry

Koch Industries $13,800,000
Exxon Mobil $12,650,000
Occidental Petroleum $9,198,798
American Petroleum Institute $9,090,000
Royal Dutch Shell $8,420,000
Chevron Corp $8,280,000
BP $5,660,000
American Fuel & Petrochem Manufacturers $4,947,565
ConocoPhillips $3,969,840
Phillips 66 $3,710,000
Marathon Petroleum $3,360,000
Cheniere Energy $3,120,000
Anadarko Petroleum $2,720,000
PDVSA $2,160,000
Noble Energy $2,050,000
WPX Energy $2,003,395
Devon Energy $1,980,000
Marathon Oil $1,790,000
Chesapeake Energy $1,740,000
Independent Petroleum Assn of America $1,738,832
America's Natural Gas Alliance $1,400,000
TransCanada Corp $1,380,000
Spectra Energy $1,338,197
Interstate Natural Gas Assn of America $1,300,000
Tesoro Corp $1,272,161
Valero Energy $1,255,000
Energy Transfer Equity $1,220,000
Murphy Oil $1,130,000
Weatherford International $1,040,000
American Gas Assn $990,000
Kosmos Energy $980,000
National Propane Gas Assn $960,000
Williams Companies $940,000
Hess Corp $900,000
Statoil ASA $715,884
Cordillera Energy Partners $690,000
Petroleum Marketers Assn $680,000
Oxbow Corp $640,000
Domestic Petroleum Council $600,000
OAO Novatek $560,000
Denbury Resources $520,000
Halliburton Co $465,000
Cobalt International Energy $460,000
National Fuel Gas Corp $420,000
Soc of Ind Gasoline Marketers of America $400,000
Quintana $390,000
Domestic Energy Producers Alliance $350,000
EnCana Corp $330,000
Golden Pass Products $330,000
Siluria Technologies $320,000
In Situ Oil Sands Alliance $314,367
National Oilwell Varco $300,000
Enterprise Products Partners $300,000
Magellan Midstream Partners $298,177
HollyFrontier Corp $290,000
Canadian Assn of Petroleum Producers $280,000
Plains All American Pipeline $280,000
Oregon Pipeline $260,000
Center for Liquefied Natural Gas $250,000
Freeport LNG Development $240,000
Musket Corp $240,000
Marine Well Containment Co $240,000
QEP Resources $230,000
Sinclair Oil $230,000
Gas Technology Institute $230,000
Enbridge Energy Co $230,000
Ergon Inc $210,000
Colonial Pipeline $210,000
Concho Resources $210,000
BG Group $200,000
Bass Enterprises Production $200,000
American Ethane $200,000
Arctic Slope Native Assn $200,000
Excelerate Energy $200,000
Cook Inlet Assn $200,000
Repsol SA $200,000
Oceaneering Intl $200,000
Hercules Offshore $200,000
EQT Corp $195,000
Consumers & Refiners United for Domestic Energy $190,000
PBF Energy $190,000
US Oil & Gas Assn $185,200
Nabors Industries $180,000
DTE Energy $180,000
Colonial Oil Industries $180,000
Argus Media $174,054
Alon USA Energy $170,000
Range Resources Corp $170,000
AGL Resources $160,000
Countrymark Cooperative $160,000
Association of Oil Pipe Lines $153,807
Quantum Energy $150,000
Plains Exploration & Production $150,000
Tanana Chiefs Conference $140,000
Silica Working Group $140,000
Taylor Energy Co $132,000
US Turkmenistan Business Council $130,000
New England Fuel Institute $130,000
Yukos International $128,400
Natural Gas Supply Assn $125,119
Nustar Energy $120,000
Marcellus Shale Coalition $120,000
Jordan Cove Energy Project $120,000
American Public Gas Assn $120,000
Danaher Corp $120,000
Enbridge Energy Partners $120,000
Enbridge Pipelines/Lakehead Pipeln Ptnrs $120,000
Gas Processors Assn $120,000
Vitol SA $120,000
VNG Co $120,000
Spotted Hawk Development $120,000
National Assn of Truck Stop Operators $115,133
National Stripper Well Assn $115,000
Industrial Safety Training Council $115,000
Magnolia LNG $110,000
Hornbeck Offshore Services $110,000
Antero Midstream Partners $100,000
Buckeye Partners $100,000
Chemtex International $100,000
Kern Oil & Refining Co $100,000
Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Assn $100,000
Petroleos de Venezuela SA $100,000
Tallgrass Interstate Gas Transmission $100,000
National Ocean Industries Assn $95,000
Concourse Natural Gas $95,000
Washington Gas Light Co $93,582
Tellus Operating Group $90,000
Texas Oil & Gas Assn $90,000
Kinder Morgan Inc $90,000
Pilot Corp $80,000
Questar Corp $80,000
Bristol Bay Native Assn $80,000
Enifit American Oil $80,000
Enstar Natural Gas $80,000
Southwest Gas $80,000
Western Energy Alliance $80,000
US Oil $65,000
Csa America $60,000
National Oilheat Research Alliance $60,000
Mitsui & Co $60,000
Pioneer Natural Resources $55,000
Ohio Oil & Gas Assn $55,000
Energen Corp $50,000
Antero Resources $50,000
United LNG $50,000
Grupa LOTOS SA $48,000
Energy Coalition $45,625
Appalachia Midstream Services $40,000
Alliance Pipeline $40,000
Iroquois Gas Transmission System $40,000
Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition $32,000
Emerald Oil $30,000
Tidewater Inc $30,000
Talisman Energy $30,000
Western States Petroleum Assn $30,000
Marion Energy $25,000
Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Assn $20,000
Laredo Petroleum $10,000
McDermott International $10,000
NNOGC Exploration & Production $10,000
ONEOK Inc $10,000
Plexus Holdings $10,000
Hunt Companies $10,000
American Assn of Petroleum Geologists $5,136

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Soon definately knew where the money was didn't he?

This is not good.

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/ ... e2552.html

From the article:

"We find that present trends in greenhouse-gas and aerosol emissions are now moving the Earth system into a regime in terms of multi-decadal rates of change that are unprecedented for at least the past 1,000 years. The rate of global-mean temperature increase in the CMIP5 (ref. 3) archive over 40-year periods increases to 0.25 ± 0.05 °C (1σ) per decade by 2020, an average greater than peak rates of change during the previous one to two millennia."

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Potato chip enthusiast.

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With friends like Guido, you will not have enemies for long.

“Intellect is invisible to the man who has none”
Arthur Schopenhauer

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Albert Einstein

After February 2015, the running 12 month average hit its highest value ever for GISS.

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-i ... bal/2015/2

February 2015 second warmest February on record;
December–February warmest on record
February Arctic sea ice extent third smallest on record

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http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/03/13/to ... ate-change

That Soon fellow seems to have curious friends....